Kia ora J. M. Harris

Thank you for your request for official information received 6 May 2020
for:

"Total number of cancer diagnoses registered in the The New Zealand Cancer
Registry (for all types of cancer) each week of the year from 1 January
2015 to 30 April 2020.
Under the Official Information Act I am requesting data on the total
number of cancer diagnoses registered in the The New Zealand Cancer
Registry (for all types of cancer) each week of the year from 1 January
2015 to 30 April 2020."

The Ministry's reference number for your request is: H202002981.

As required under the Official Information Act 1982 we will endeavour to
respond to your request no later than 4 June 2020, being 20 working days
after the day your request was received.  

If we are unable to respond to your request within this time frame, we
will notify you of an extension of that time frame.

If you have any queries related to this request, please do not hesitate to
get in touch.

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the Government's response to COVID-19. This may impact on our ability to
respond to your request. If you would like to reconsider or refine your
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notify us of any changes to your request by replying to this email.

Ngā mihi

OIA Services
Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
E: [email address]

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Kia ora J M Harris

Thank you for your request for official information, ref: H202002981
received on 06 May 2020 requesting:

"Total number of cancer diagnoses registered in the The New Zealand Cancer
Registry (for all types of cancer) each week of the year from 1 January
2015 to 30 April 2020. Under the Official Information Act I am requesting
data on the total number of cancer diagnoses registered in the The New
Zealand Cancer Registry (for all types of cancer) each week of the year
from 1 January 2015 to 30 April 2020."
This request is now being treated as a data request, rather than a request
for official information. The Ministry's National Collections and
Reporting team will be in touch.

If you have any further queries please contact
[email address]

Ngā mihi

OIA Services
Government Services
Office of the Director-General
Ministry of Health
E: [email address]

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Hi

Your request has been passed on to me to respond to directly.

Cancer registration data becomes provisionally available around 6 months
after the fact.  This means that November 2019 is the most recent cancer
registration data currently available.  I have attached a spreadsheet
which shows the number of cancer registrations recorded by week from 1
January 2015 to 27 November 2019.

I would recommend some caution when using this data. It is provisional and
there will be some cancer registrations in 2019 that have not yet been
reported.  We currently consider 2017 data to be "complete".

I hope this helps.  Please contact me if you have any questions.

Cheers

Chris Lewis
Information Analyst
Analytical Services, Ministry of Health
phone: +64-4-816-2869
fax: +64-4-816-2898
e-mail: [email address]

Dear Ministry of Health,

Under the Official Information Act I am requesting data on the total
number of cancer diagnoses registered in the The New Zealand Cancer
Registry (for all types of cancer) each week of the year from 1 January
2015 to 30 April 2020.

Yours faithfully,

J. M. Harris

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