Title |
Lifetime risk of being diagnosed with, or dying from, prostate cancer by major ethnic group in England 2008–2010
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Published in |
BMC Medicine, July 2015
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DOI | 10.1186/s12916-015-0405-5 |
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Authors |
Therese Lloyd, Luke Hounsome, Anita Mehay, Sarah Mee, Julia Verne, Alison Cooper |
Abstract |
In the UK, a man's lifetime risk of being diagnosed with prostate cancer is 1 in 8. We calculated both the lifetime risk of being diagnosed with and dying from prostate cancer by major ethnic group. Public Health England provided prostate cancer incidence and mortality data for England (2008-2010) by major ethnic group. Ethnicity and mortality data were incomplete, requiring various assumptions and adjustments before lifetime risk was calculated using DevCan (percent, range). The lifetime risk of being diagnosed with prostate cancer is approximately 1 in 8 (13.3 %, 13.2-15.0 %) for White men, 1 in 4 (29.3 %, 23.5-37.2 %) for Black men, and 1 in 13 (7.9 %, 6.3-10.5 %) for Asian men, whereas that of dying from prostate cancer is approximately 1 in 24 (4.2 %, 4.2-4.7 %) for White men, 1 in 12 (8.7 %, 7.6-10.6 %) for Black men, and 1 in 44 (2.3 %, 1.9-3.0 %) for Asian men. In England, Black men are at twice the risk of being diagnosed with, and dying from, prostate cancer compared to White men. This is an important message to communicate to Black men. White, Black, and Asian men with a prostate cancer diagnosis are all as likely to die from the disease, independent of their ethnicity. Nonetheless, proportionally more Black men are dying from prostate cancer in England. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
United Kingdom | 17 | 49% |
Côte d'Ivoire | 1 | 3% |
Australia | 1 | 3% |
Comoros | 1 | 3% |
United States | 1 | 3% |
Spain | 1 | 3% |
Unknown | 13 | 37% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Members of the public | 26 | 74% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 5 | 14% |
Scientists | 3 | 9% |
Unknown | 1 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Unknown | 178 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Student > Bachelor | 29 | 16% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 27 | 15% |
Student > Master | 23 | 13% |
Researcher | 15 | 8% |
Student > Postgraduate | 12 | 7% |
Other | 26 | 15% |
Unknown | 46 | 26% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Medicine and Dentistry | 57 | 32% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 17 | 10% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 9 | 5% |
Social Sciences | 9 | 5% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 3% |
Other | 30 | 17% |
Unknown | 50 | 28% |