As a way to inject some objectivity into the often quoted figure of 3000+ annual deaths in Australia from prostate cancer here is the break up by age at death and the probability of dying from the disease for the year 2007. I post these figures as an example of the need for a balanced approach to the statistics flung out by the Prostate Cancer Foundation which do not break the stats up but merely quote the fact that "each year over 3000 men will die of PC" .Also as an encouragement to please read the Syd Uni study for a better understanding of the issues BEFORE getting screened.
Table 3:
Age group and number of prostate cancer deaths/ probability of death in one year
40–44#: 3 (1 in 250,000)
45–49: 7 (1 in 111,111)
50–54: 18 (1 in 38,462)
55–59: 55 (1 in 11,494)
60–64: 142 (1 in 3759)
65–69: 215 (1 in 1859)
70–74: 315 (1 in 989)
75–79: 567 (1 in 448)
80–84: 713 (1 in 242)
85+: 903 (1 in 125)
All ages: 2938 (1 in 3226)
Source: www.aihw.gov.au/cancer/data/acim_books/index.cfm (prostate cancer)
# no deaths were recorded in men less than 40
Last edited by simsalabim; 26th May 2011 at 11:40.