Table 1. Characteristics of prostate cancer cases diagnosed from 1998–20091, included in analysis.
| Variable Name | Number of observations | Variable Name | Number of observations |
| Health provider: Public | 18683 (70%) | Marital status: Married | 17715 (66%) |
| Private/Mixed | 8133 (30%) | Single/Divorced/Widowed/Unknown | 9101 (34%) |
| Socio-economic status: SES1 | 4756 (18%) | MOP2: Other | 6338 (24%) |
| SES2 | 3138 (12%) | Screen- opportunistic | 4105 (15%) |
| SES3 | 3657 (14%) | Incidental | 2854 (11%) |
| SES4 | 4708 (18%) | Symptomatic | 13519 (50%) |
| SES5 | 7786 (29%) | Smoker at diagnosis: No | 23129 (86%) |
| SES Unk | 2771 (9%) | Yes | 3687 (14%) |
| Stage: Stage I | 872 (3%) | Province: Leinster | 12434 (46%) |
| Stage II | 14009 (52%) | Ulster | 7958 (30%) |
| Stage III | 2252 (8%) | Connacht | 4406 (16%) |
| Stage IV | 3111 (12%) | Munster | 2018 (8%) |
| Stage Unknown | 6572 (25%) | Age: 35–54 years | 1579 (6%) |
| Grade: Gleason <5 | 1932 (7%) | 55–69 years | 12224 (45%) |
| Gleason 5–7 | 14324 (53%) | 70 years and over | 13013 (49%) |
| Gleason >7 | 5131 (19%) | ||
| Undifferentiated | 85 (<1%) | ||
| Grade Unknown | 5344 (20%) |
1.) 26,938 diagnosed in 1998–2009 but (n = 122) excluded from analysis due to missing data.
2.) MOP- method of presentation.
3.) SES Unk- Socio-economic status unknown.