Cancer is the leading cause of death in New Zealand, and is likely to
be the defining health issue of the next decade. Cancer incidence
increases with age and with our ‘baby boomers’ now turning 70 the total
number of people with cancer is moving higher than ever.
In 2010, the Ministry of Health predicted that incident cancers would rise by 29% for males and 12% for females—by 2016.1 Primary prevention and well health strategies that are generally common to cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer are vitally important, but will not begin to impact on the age-related burden cancer will bring over the next 30 years.
https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal/read-the-journal/all-issues/2010-2019/2014/vol-127-no.-1395/6154
In 2010, the Ministry of Health predicted that incident cancers would rise by 29% for males and 12% for females—by 2016.1 Primary prevention and well health strategies that are generally common to cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer are vitally important, but will not begin to impact on the age-related burden cancer will bring over the next 30 years.
https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal/read-the-journal/all-issues/2010-2019/2014/vol-127-no.-1395/6154