Table 1. Number of observed prostate cancer cases, person-years, and overall prostate cancer rates.

Variable	Prostate cancer	Person-years	Cancer ratea
Age at measurement
20–24	158	2 242 795	7
25–29	464	2 255 138	21
30–34	1054	2 064 155	51
35–39	2142	2 233 231	96
40–44	3798	3 471 729	109
45–49	5198	2 411 995	216
50–54	5539	1 881 942	294
55–59	5470	1 448 056	378
60–64	4432	1 009 951	439
65–69	3162	642 324	492
70–74	1897	349 388	543
Year of birth
<1900	2200	457 438	481
1900–1909	7666	1 733 605	442
1910–1919	11 117	3 390 484	328
1920–1929	8617	4 723 760	182
1930–1939	3071	4 035 564	76
1940–1949	611	4 250 296	14
⩾1950	32	1 419 558	2
Attained age
20–29	0	765 591	0
30–39	3	2 231 577	0
40–49	126	4 670 388	3
50–59	1813	4 752 559	38
60–69	9511	4 178 645	228
70–79	15 429	2 645 662	583
80–99	6432	766 283	839
BMI (kg m−2)
<18.50	147	130 103	113
18.50–19.49	367	335 470	109
19.50–20.49	914	790 346	116
20.50–21.49	1778	1 474 133	121
21.50–22.49	2912	2 215 710	131
22.50–23.49	3766	2 630 649	143
23.50–24.99	6983	4 248 713	164
25.00–27.49	10 001	5 156 901	194
27.50–29.99	4523	2 107 971	215
30.00–32.49	1453	672 027	216
32.50–34.99	370	176 482	210
⩾35.00	100	72 201	139
Height (cm)
<160	245	138 073	177
160–169	7091	3 153 938	225
170–179	19 247	10 958 081	176
180–189	6421	5 367 993	120
⩾190	310	392 620	79
Total	33 314	20 010 705	166

^aNumber of prostate cancer cases per 100 000 person-years.