Atlas of Cancer Mortality in New Zealand 1994

Atlas of Cancer Mortality in New Zealand 1994–2000
Public Health Intelligence Occasional Bulletin No 29

Date of publication: March 2005

HP 4028

The Atlas of Cancer Mortality in New Zealand 1994-2000 shows the recent spatial patterns of cancer mortality in New Zealand. The patterns show areas with a high or low cancer mortality, but they do not imply the causation of any cancer. No attempt has been made to investigate or suggest possible factors underlying or causing these patterns. However, the maps can be used as a stimulus for further research by suggesting possible aetiological hypotheses.

Seven years of data, based on the ‘usual place of residence’, have been used to calculate cancer mortality rates for the total population (all ages, both sexes and all ethnic groups), for each sex (males and females) and for two ethnic groups (Māori and non Māori). A spatial smoothing technique and statistical tests are applied to provide robust cancer mortality estimates for the administrative areas of District Health Boards and Territorial Authorities.

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This publication is available in PDF format below, however due to its large file size it has been broken up into sections:

Atlas of Cancer Mortality in New Zealand 1994–2000 - Cover (PDF, 117 kB)
Atlas of Cancer Mortality in New Zealand 1994–2000 - Part One (PDF, 974 kB)
Atlas of Cancer Mortality in New Zealand 1994–2000 - Part Two (PDF, 2.37 MB) - Warning, large file size
Atlas of Cancer Mortality in New Zealand 1994–2000 - Part Three (PDF, 2.98 MB) - Warning, large file size
Atlas of Cancer Mortality in New Zealand 1994–2000 - Part Four (PDF, 2.88 MB) - Warning, large file size
Atlas of Cancer Mortality in New Zealand 1994–2000 - Part Five (PDF, 2.26 MB) - Warning, large file size

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