CANCERFACTSHEETS:PROSTATECANCER

Estimatedage-standardisedrates(World)intheworld(per100000)

Males Females IncidenceMortality

UnitedStatesofAmerica

WHORegionoftheAmericas

EuropeanUnion(EU-28)

Moredevelopedregions

WHOEuropeanRegion

IARCMemberState(24countries)

WHOAfricanRegion

Lessdevelopedregions

WHOWesternPacificRegion

WHOEasternMediterraneanRegion

WHOSouth-EastAsiaRegion

China

India

50 0 50100 100

Ataglance

Prostatecanceristhefourthmostcommoncanceroverallandthesecondmostcommoncancerinmen.In2012,worldwide,thereareestimatedtohavebeen1.1millionmendiagnosedwithprostatecancer(accountingfor15%ofallincidentcancercasesinmen),withalmost70%ofthecases(759000)occurringinmoredevelopedregions.Prostatecancerincidencevariesbyafactorofmorethan25worldwide;theratesarehighestinAustralia/NewZealandandNorthAmerica(with2012age-standardizedincidenceratesof111.6and97.2casesper100000men,respectively)andinwesternandnorthernEurope,becausethepracticeofprostate-specificantigen(PSA)testingandsubsequentbiopsyhasbecomewidespreadinthoseregions.Incidenceratesarealsorelativelyhighincertainlessdevelopedregions,suchastheCaribbean(with79.8casesper100000menin2012),southernAfrica(61.8cases),andSouthAmerica(60.1cases),butremainlowinAsianpopulations,withestimated2012ratesof10.5and4.5casesper100000men,respectively,ineasternandsouth-centralAsia.

Withanestimated307000deathsin2012,prostatecanceristhefifthleadingcauseofdeathfromcancerinmen(accountingfor6.6%ofallcancerdeathsinmen).BecausePSAtestinghasamuchgreatereffectonincidencethanonmortality,thereislessworldwidevariationinmortality(with2012ratesvaryingbyafactorof10:fromapproximately3to30deathsper100000men)thaninincidence.Theestimatednumberof2012deathsduetoprostatecancerishigherinlessdevelopedthaninmoredevelopedregions(165000and142000,respectively).MortalityratesaregenerallyhighinpredominantlyBlackpopulations(with2012age-standardizedmortalityratesof29and19–24deathsper100000menintheCaribbeanandsub-SaharanAfrica,respectively),verylowinAsia(e.g.2.9deathsper100000menin2012insouth-centralAsia),andintermediateintheAmericasandOceania.

Estimatedincidence,mortalityandprevalence(5years)worlwidein2012

Estimatednumbers Cases Deaths 5-year-prev

World 1094916 307481 453345

Moredevelopedregions 741966 142014 112483

Lessdevelopedregions 352950 165467 340862

WHOAfricanRegion 51689 37486 17041

WHORegionoftheAmericas 412739 85425 35066

WHOEasternMediterraneanRegion 18585 12141 11942

WHOEuropeanRegion 419915 101419 41823

WHOSouth-EastAsiaRegion 38515 24932 33290

WHOWesternPacificRegion 153167 45977 314160

IARCMemberState(24countries) 790747 157081 134798

UnitedStatesofAmerica 233159 30383 20835

China 46745 22603 220108

India 19095 12231 8303

EuropeanUnion(EU-28) 345195 71789 33011

Estimatedage-standardizedrates(World)ofincidencecases,males,prostatecancer,worldwidein2012

≥227.2

33.2–67.6

19.7–33.2

10.8–19.7

<1.2

Nodata

Notapplicable

Allrightsreserved.ThedesignationsemployedandthepresentationofthematerialinthispublicationdonotimplytheexpressionofanyopinionwhatsoeveronthepartoftheWorldHealthOrganization/InternationalAgencyforResearchonCancerconcerningthelegalstatusofanycountry,territory,cityorareaorofitsauthorities,orconcerningthedelimitationofitsfrontiersorboundaries.Dottedanddashedlinesonmapsrepresentapproximateborderlinesforwhichtheremaynotyetbefullagreement.

Datasource:GLOBOCAN2012Graphproduction:IARC(http://gco.iarc.fr/today)WorldHealthOrganization

©InternationalAgencyforResearchonCancer2016

Estimatedage-standardizedrates(World)ofincidencecases,males,prostatecancer,worldwidein2012

*RegionaldataNORDCAN(www.ancr.nu)ECO(eco.iarc.fr)England:www.ons.gov.uk

*RegionaldataCI5.iarc.fr

*RegionaldataCI5.iarc.frAustralia:www.aih.gov.auNewZealand:wwww.health.govt.nzUSA:seer.cancer.gov

Estimatedage-standardizedrates(World)ofdeaths,males,prostatecancer,worldwidein2012

≥58.9

13.9–20.2

10.0–13.9

6.2–10.0

<0.74

Nodata

Notapplicable

Allrightsreserved.ThedesignationsemployedandthepresentationofthematerialinthispublicationdonotimplytheexpressionofanyopinionwhatsoeveronthepartoftheWorldHealthOrganization/InternationalAgencyforResearchonCancerconcerningthelegalstatusofanycountry,territory,cityorareaorofitsauthorities,orconcerningthedelimitationofitsfrontiersorboundaries.Dottedanddashedlinesonmapsrepresentapproximateborderlinesforwhichtheremaynotyetbefullagreement.

Datasource:GLOBOCAN2012Graphproduction:IARC(http://gco.iarc.fr/today)WorldHealthOrganization

©InternationalAgencyforResearchonCancer2016

Estimatedage-standardizedrates(World)ofdeaths,males,prostatecancer,worldwidein2012

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