1. Prostate cancer and ethnicity Luke Hounsome Public Health England
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2. Summary What is the picture on prostate cancer in Leeds?
How does this compare to the whole of England?
Does your ethnicity affect your risk and outcomes?
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3. Where do the data come from?
All newly diagnosed cases of cancer are registered by a regional office of the national Cancer Registration Service.
Deaths from cancer from the Office for National Statistics.
Ethnicity from hospital record – self reported.
All information in this presentation has been supplied through Public Health England.
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4. Prostate cancer in Leeds
In combined there were 1,384 new cases of prostate cancer – 461 per year on average. Incidence is in line with the England average.
84% had a recorded ethnicity – of these 96% were white.
In combined there were 414 deaths from prostate cancer – 138 per year on average. Mortality in line with England average.
96% had a recorded ethnicity – of these 96% were white.
The population (based on 2009 ONS estimate) is 86% white, 3% black and 7% asian (Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi).
One-year relative survival is 97% and five-year relative survival is 90% (this is better than the England average).
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5. Prostate cancer in Leeds
Prostate cancer accounts for 25% of new cases of cancer in men in Leeds.
1 in 6 of the cancers in Leeds with no known ethnicity are prostate cancers.
Lower in Asian men, at 14%.
Prostate cancer accounts for 12% of cancer deaths and 4% of all deaths in men in Leeds.
In black men this is 24% of cancer deaths and 8% of all deaths – higher than the average.
In deaths for those aged under 75 (premature mortality) the percentages are 8% and 3% respectively.
Numbers are too small to infer any differences by ethnicity.
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6. Prostate cancer in England
In combined there were 102,252 new cases of prostate cancer – 34,084 per year on average.
74% had a recorded ethnicity – of these 94% were white.
In combined there were deaths from prostate cancer – per year on average.
98% had a recorded ethnicity – of these 99% were white.
The population (based on 2009) is 87% white, 3% black and 6% asian (Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi).
One-year relative survival is 95% and five-year relative survival is 84%.
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7. Prostate cancer in England
Prostate cancer accounts for 26% of new cases of cancer in men in England.
3 in 5 of the cancers in England with no known ethnicity are prostate cancers.
42% of cancers known to be in black men are prostate cancer
18% of cancers known to be in asian men are prostate cancer
Prostate cancer accounts for 12% of cancer deaths and 4% of all deaths in men in England.
22% of cancer deaths in black men and 8% of all deaths
8% of cancer deaths in asian men, and 2% of all deaths
In deaths for those aged under 75 (premature mortality) the percentages are 7% and 3% respectively.
15% of cancer deaths in black men and 6% of all deaths
5% of cancer deaths in asian men, and 1% of all deaths
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8. Prostate cancer in England - stage
Stage data is only available for 26% of newly diagnosed prostate cancers. The following are expressed as percentage of cases where the stage is known.
Black
Asian
White
Other
Mixed
Not known
Localised
53% (243)
47% (92)
52% (10,075)
40% (36)
46% (21)
61% (3,800)
Locally advanced
17% (79)
24% (46)
15% (2,961)
20% (18)
11%
(5)
17% (1,066)
Advanced
30% (140)
29% (56)
32% (6,182)
39% (445)
43% (20)
22% (1,384)
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9. Prostate cancer incidence in England – by age
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10. Prostate cancer incidence in England – age adjusted
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11. Prostate cancer mortality in England – by age
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12. Prostate cancer mortality in England – age adjusted
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13. Prostate cancer in England
What do all these numbers/graphs mean?
The risk of getting prostate cancer is over double (RR 2.3) for black men, but nearly half (RR 0.54) for asian men, compared to white men.
The risk of dying from prostate cancer is about double (RR 2.06) for black men, and under half (RR 0.46) for asian men, compared to white men.
What about the individual?
The lifetime risk of getting prostate cancer is 27% for a black man, 7% for an asian man, and 12% for a white man.
The lifetime risk of dying from prostate cancer is 8% for a black man, 2% for an asian man, and 4% for a white man.
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14. Prostate cancer survival in England – all stages
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15. Prostate cancer survival in England – localised
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16. Prostate cancer survival in England – locally advanced
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17. Prostate cancer survival in England – advanced
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18. Prostate cancer in England
Survival from prostate cancer is high, and (given the amount of data we have) does not appear to vary by ethnicity.
Survival is primarily driven by how advanced the cancer is at diagnosis.
Difference between localised and advanced at one year is about 20%
Difference at five years is about 55%
Difference at ten years is nearly 80%
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