Table 1.

 Baseline data and mortality in men allocated to screening for prostate cancer or no screening (control group)

	No screening group	Screening group
No of men (excluding men with prostate cancer already diagnosed)	7532	1494
Age (years):
50-54	1790	357
55-59	1809	360
60-64	2004	393
65-69	1929	384
No (%) of prostate cancers diagnosed, 1 January 1987 to 31 December 1999	292 (3.9)	85 (5.7)*
Mean (SD) age at diagnosis (years)	69.7 (5.7)	68.1 (5.6)†

*43 (2.9%) detected at screening; 42 (2.58%) interval cancers.

†66.5 (5.2) in men with cancer detected at screening; 69.9 (5.5) in men with interval cancers.