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. 2016 Jul 25;4(3):118–124. doi: 10.1016/j.prnil.2016.07.001

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
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.