Table 1. Baseline characteristics of prostate cancer patients registered in the West of Scotland from 1991–2007.

	Total patients		All deaths
	n	%	n	%
Total registered cases	15,549	_	9,355	60.2
Patients not residing in the West of Scotland	30	_	19	63.3
Zero survival or death certificate only (DCO)	226	_	_	_
Age more than 100 years at diagnosis	1	_	1	100.0
Patients included in final analysis	15,292		9,109	59.7
Age at incidence (years)
Age <65	2,984	19.5	1,086	11.9
Age 65–74	6,023	39.4	3,232	35.5
Age ≥75	6,285	41.1	4,791	52.6
Gleason Grade
Gleason <7	4,065	37.2	1,421	27.1
Gleason = 7	2,231	20.4	756	14.4
Gleason 8–10	3,311	30.3	2,051	39.0
Unknown Gleason	1,316	12.1	1,026	19.5
SIMD 2004, Quintiles
1 (least deprived)	2,623	17.2	1,295	14.2
2	2,278	14.9	1,219	13.4
3	2,450	16.0	1,444	15.9
4	3,737	24.4	2,365	26.0
5 (most deprived)	4,202	27.5	2,786	30.6
Period of Diagnosis
1991–1996	4,369	28.6	3,855	42.3
1997–2002	5,474	35.8	3,580	39.3
2003–2007	5,449	35.6	1,674	18.4

Period of diagnosis was based on incidence date recorded in cancer registry.