New Zealand and Australia have some of the highest rates of breast cancer diagnoses in the world

New research has found one in every thousand Kiwi women are diagnosed a year - while South-Central Asia has one in every three thousand-700.

However, the study also reveals some positive news.

New Zealand and Australia's rate of breast cancer deaths are reducing by 2.1 percent per year - at the lower end of the scale globally.

It's close to the World Health Organisation's Global Breast Cancer Initiative goal of 2.5 percent.