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 NZ Risk Statistics:

• 1 in 6 males and 1 in 9 females over the age of 30 die before reaching age 65
• 94% of deaths are due to sickness and 6% of deaths are due to accidental causes
• There is a 32% probability for men and 37% probability for women, of becoming disabled for 6 months or more before age 65
• Males have a 2 in 5 chance and females a 1 in 4 chance of suffering a trauma between the age of 30 and 65
• 60% of cancer sufferers will survive at least 5 years after diagnosis 
• 309 people are diagnosed with cancer each year in NZ for every 100,000 people,the fourth highest rate in the world after Australia,Ireland and Denmark.

• 7 women a day are diagnosed with breast cancer.

• Everyday about 22 people in NZ have strokes ( about 8,000 per year)

• The University of Auckland has revealed a 40% decline in the number of death after stroke in the total population of Auckland, over the last 25 years.However, as the death rate declines, there has been a significant increase in the number of patients suffering from an impaired level of consciousness and mobility follwing a stroke

  
   

Source: Gen Re LifeHealth Australia (2002). New Zealand Health Information Service, The New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation, Cancer Society of New Zealand and The George Institute for International Health,in collaboration with Auckland City Hospital and the University of Auckland,2007.