Introduction Overview Cancer: New registrations and deaths 2013 presents information about new cases of primary cancer diagnosed and reported to the New Zealand Cancer Registry for the 2013 calendar year. It also presents information on deaths registered in New Zealand in the same time period where cancer was recorded as the underlying cause of death. Data sources New cancer cases diagnosed in New Zealand are registered with the New Zealand Cancer Registry. Cancers are registered once, in the year of their first known diagnosis. Registrations cover new cases of primary cancer, or secondary cancers where the primary cancer is unknown. The data in this publication is incident registrations, this means that if a person has more than one different primary cancer tumour registered in a year then they will be counted more than once. Data in this publication relating to cancer deaths from the New Zealand Mortality Collection (see Appendix A for further information). Structure Cancer: new registrations and deaths This report presents information for cancer registrations followed by information for cancer deaths for 2013. Both sections follow the same format, presenting data by sex, age, ethnicity, deprivation quintile and DHB region of domicile. Data is presented for all cancers combined, followed by a on the most common cancer registrations and deaths for the above breakdowns, except DHB regions. Some data is presented from 2004 to 2013 to provide a time trend. Data is presented in graphs and maps so that you can observe trends and relationships. Graphs and maps are not designed as a for you to look up individual values. The underlying numbers used to create graphs and maps in this publication are provided in the accompanying online tables (‘Cancer trends 2013’). Appendix B provides supplementary tables containing numbers and of cancer registrations and deaths for all individual cancers and cancer groups.
Introduction Overview Cancer: New registrations and deaths 2013 presents information about new cases of primary cancer diagnosed and reported to the New Zealand Cancer Registry for the 2013 calendar year. It also presents information on deaths registered in New Zealand in the same time period where cancer was recorded as the underlying cause of death. Data sources New cancer cases diagnosed in New Zealand are registered with the New Zealand Cancer Registry. Cancers are registered once, in the year of their first known diagnosis. Registrations cover new cases of primary cancer, or secondary cancers where the primary cancer is unknown. The data in this publication is incident registrations, this means that if a person has more than one different primary cancer tumour registered in a year then they will be counted more than once. Data in this publication relating to cancer deaths from the New Zealand Mortality Collection (see Appendix A for further information). Structure Cancer: new registrations and deaths This report presents information for cancer registrations followed by information for cancer deaths for 2013. Both sections follow the same format, presenting data by sex, age, ethnicity, deprivation quintile and DHB region of domicile. Data is presented for all cancers combined, followed by a on the most common cancer registrations and deaths for the above breakdowns, except DHB regions. Some data is presented from 2004 to 2013 to provide a time trend. Data is presented in graphs and maps so that you can observe trends and relationships. Graphs and maps are not designed as a for you to look up individual values. The underlying numbers used to create graphs and maps in this publication are provided in the accompanying online tables (‘Cancer trends 2013’). Appendix B provides supplementary tables containing numbers and of cancer registrations and deaths for all individual cancers and cancer groups.