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Table 1 Colorectal cancer incidence in Aotearoa New Zealand

From: The incidence of early onset colorectal cancer in Aotearoa New Zealand: 2000–2020

  

2000

 

2010

 

2020

 
  

Total

Māori

Total

Māori

Total

Māori

Population

 

3.83 M

0.60 M

4.37 M

0.66 M

5.09 M

0.85 M

New registrations

2,344

84

2,727

146

3,142

244

Incidence

 

61.15

14.03

62.40

21.99

61.78

28.54

EOCRC

       

Population

 

2.81 M

530 K

3.03 M

559 K

3.03 M

679 K

cases

 

124

9

179

25

270

43

Incidence

4.41

1.70

5.75

4.48

8.03

6.33

Midlife

       

Population

 

0.92 M

58 K

1.19 M

87 K

1.19 M

143 K

cases

 

1765

46

1882

81

2075

132

Incidence

193.41

79.35

156.46

93.56

133.78

92.24

Older

       

Population

 

107 K

11 K

151 K

19 K

186 K

33 K

cases

 

445

29

700

40

805

69

Incidence

419.58

255.28

456.51

214.59

431.67

208.90

Age Standardised Incidence - Total Ethnicity standardized to European Standard population

  

ASI

(95% CI)

ASI

(95% CI)

ASI

(95% CI)

Total

 

61.0

(58.5,63.6)

53.6

(51.5,55.6)

47.3

(45.6,49.0)

Sex

Female

56.0

(52.6,59.3)

47.6

(45.0,50.3)

39.5

(37.3,41.6)

 

Male

67.3

(63.4,71.2)

60.2

(57.0,63.4)

55.9

(53.2,58.5)

Location

Proximal

22.4

(20.9,24.0)

21.8

(20.5,23.1)

17.0

(16.1,18.0)

 

Distal

16.3

(20.9,17.6)

14.1

(20.5,15.1)

13.3

(16.1,14.2)

 

Rectal

22.3

(15.0,23.9)

17.7

(13.0,18.9)

16.9

(12.4,17.9)

Age Standardised Incidence - Māori Ethnicity standardized to Māori population 2000

Total

 

16.6

(13.2,19.9)

19.8

(16.8,22.9)

15.2

(13.0,17.3)

Sex

Female

14.4

(10.1,18.8)

15.7

(11.9,19.5)

12.9

(10.1,15.7)

 

Male

19.0

(13.7,24.4)

24.6

(19.6,29.5)

17.7

(14.3,21.1)

Location

Proximal

4.7

(0.0,6.5)

6.9

(0.0,8.7)

4.1

(0.0,5.2)

 

Distal

4.8

(3.0,6.6)

4.3

(5.1,5.8)

4.3

(3.0,5.5)

 

Rectal

7.0

(3.0,9.2)

8.6

(2.9,10.6)

6.7

(3.2,8.2)

  1. Incidence is per 100,000 population. Age Standardized Incidence ASI, and 95% Confidence intervals CI Early onset CRC < 50 years, older age begins at 80 years for total ethnicity and 70 years for Māori ethnicity, both approximately 3% of their populations