Table 1.
Number and rate of crude and standardized incidence and mortality of prostate cancer worldwide, in 2012.
| Prostate – estimated incidence, all ages |
Prostate – estimated mortality, all ages |
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| Population | No. | Crude rate | ASR (W) | Population | No. | Crude rate | ASR (W) |
| Australia/New Zealand | 25,296 | 185.7 | 111.6 | Caribbean | 7,970 | 38.0 | 29.3 |
| Oceania | 26,130 | 138.3 | 101.9 | Southern Africa | 3,759 | 12.9 | 24.4 |
| North America | 260,336 | 150.2 | 97.2 | Middle Africa | 5,900 | 8.9 | 24.2 |
| Western Europe | 161,881 | 174.2 | 85.8 | Western Africa | 14,277 | 8.8 | 21.2 |
| Northern Europe | 81,696 | 165.4 | 85.0 | Sub-Saharan Africa | 37,802 | 8.7 | 20.9 |
| Polynesia | 227 | 65.1 | 81.9 | WHO Africa Region | 37,486 | 8.5 | 19.9 |
| Caribbean | 18,719 | 89.3 | 79.8 | Eastern Africa | 13,866 | 7.9 | 18.7 |
| WHO Americas Region | 412,739 | 87.6 | 75.0 | Africa | 42,802 | 8.0 | 17.0 |
| Micronesia/Polynesia | 352 | 56.3 | 72.3 | Latin America and Caribbean | 51,313 | 17.2 | 16.6 |
| Very high human development | 734,128 | 129.0 | 72.0 | South America | 34,386 | 17.4 | 16.6 |
| European Union (EU-28) | 345,195 | 139.0 | 70.4 | Polynesia | 43 | 12.3 | 15.1 |
| More developed regions | 741,966 | 122.4 | 68.0 | Northern Europe | 18,099 | 36.7 | 14.5 |
| Southern Africa | 10,266 | 35.3 | 61.7 | Micronesia/Polynesia | 67 | 10.7 | 13.7 |
| Europe | 400,364 | 112.0 | 61.3 | Melanesia | 253 | 5.4 | 13.3 |
| South America | 114,701 | 58.0 | 60.1 | Western Asia | 10,422 | 8.4 | 13.1 |
| Micronesia | 125 | 45.2 | 60.0 | WHO Americas Region | 85,425 | 18.1 | 13.1 |
| Southern Europe | 91,355 | 118.0 | 58.6 | Oceania | 4,250 | 22.5 | 13.0 |
| WHO Europe Region | 419,915 | 96.1 | 58.5 | High human development | 72,623 | 14.2 | 12.9 |
| Latin America and Caribbean | 152,403 | 51.2 | 54.2 | Australia/New Zealand | 3,930 | 28.9 | 12.9 |
| IARC membership (24 countries) | 790,747 | 60.2 | 50.2 | Central America | 8,957 | 11.3 | 12.1 |
| High human development | 195,839 | 38.2 | 37.5 | Low human development | 39,096 | 6.0 | 12.1 |
| Central and Eastern Europe | 65,432 | 47.5 | 31.3 | Micronesia | 24 | 8.7 | 11.9 |
| World | 1,094,916 | 30.8 | 30.6 | Central and Eastern Europe | 25,862 | 18.8 | 11.6 |
| Central America | 18,983 | 24.0 | 28.4 | WHO Europe Region | 101,419 | 23.2 | 11.5 |
| Western Asia | 21,829 | 17.6 | 28.0 | Europe | 92,328 | 25.8 | 11.3 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 51,945 | 12.0 | 27.9 | European Union (EU-28) | 71,789 | 28.9 | 10.9 |
| Middle Africa | 6,892 | 10.4 | 27.0 | Western Europe | 28,138 | 30.3 | 10.7 |
| WHO Africa Region | 51,689 | 11.8 | 26.8 | Middle-East and Northern Africa | 15,422 | 6.8 | 10.2 |
| Western Africa | 17,600 | 10.9 | 25.1 | More developed regions | 142,014 | 23.4 | 10.0 |
| Eastern Africa | 17,187 | 9.8 | 23.3 | North America | 34,112 | 19.7 | 9.8 |
| Africa | 59,493 | 11.1 | 23.2 | Very high human development | 131,685 | 23.1 | 9.7 |
| Melanesia | 482 | 10.4 | 22.7 | Southern Europe | 20,229 | 26.1 | 9.1 |
| Middle-East and Northern Africa | 29,377 | 12.9 | 19.7 | IARC membership (24 countries) | 157,081 | 12.0 | 8.4 |
| Low human development | 47,809 | 7.3 | 14.9 | World | 307,481 | 8.6 | 7.8 |
| Less developed regions | 352,950 | 12.0 | 14.5 | Northern Africa | 5,000 | 4.8 | 7.0 |
| WHO Western Pacific Region | 153,167 | 16.2 | 12.6 | South-Eastern Asia | 15,841 | 5.3 | 6.7 |
| South-Eastern Asia | 26,451 | 8.8 | 11.2 | Less developed regions | 165,467 | 5.6 | 6.6 |
| Northern Africa | 7,548 | 7.3 | 10.6 | WHO East Mediterranean Region | 12,141 | 3.8 | 6.2 |
| Eastern Asia | 118,583 | 14.5 | 10.5 | Asia | 82,676 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| WHO East Mediterranean Region | 18,585 | 5.8 | 9.7 | Medium human development | 63,739 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| Asia | 196,190 | 9.0 | 9.4 | WHO South-East Asia Region | 24,932 | 2.6 | 3.6 |
| Medium human development | 115,942 | 6.4 | 7.0 | WHO Western Pacific Region | 45,977 | 4.9 | 3.5 |
| WHO South-East Asia Region | 38,515 | 4.1 | 5.5 | Eastern Asia | 37,553 | 4.6 | 3.1 |
| South-Central Asia | 29,327 | 3.2 | 4.5 | South-Central Asia | 18,860 | 2.0 | 2.9 |
ASR (W), age-standardized rate (world); IARC, International Agency for Research on Cancer.