Prostate cancer is the 2nd most common cause of cancer death in males in the UK, accounting for 14% of all cancer deaths in males (2017). In females and males combined, prostate cancer is the 3rd most common cause of cancer death in the UK, accounting for 7% of cancer deaths (2017).[1-3]
Prostate cancer mortality rates (European age-standardised are similar to the UK average in all the UK constituent countries.
Prostate Cancer (C61), Number of Deaths, Crude and European Age-Standardised (AS) Mortality Rates per 100,000 Population, Males, UK, 2017
England | Scotland | Wales | Northern Ireland | UK | ||
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Male | Deaths | 10,146 | 986 | 605 | 295 | 12,032 |
Crude Rate | 36.9 | 37.3 | 39.3 | 32.1 | 36.9 | |
AS Rate | 47.7 | 49.0 | 45.9 | 49.1 | 47.8 | |
AS Rate - 95% LCL | 46.8 | 46.0 | 42.2 | 43.5 | 46.9 | |
AS Rate - 95% UCL | 48.6 | 52.1 | 49.5 | 54.6 | 48.6 | |
Persons | Deaths | 10,146 | 986 | 605 | 295 | 12,032 |
Crude Rate | 18.2 | 18.2 | 19.4 | 15.8 | 18.2 | |
AS Rate | 19.5 | 19.4 | 18.6 | 19.4 | 19.5 | |
AS Rate - 95% LCL | 19.1 | 18.2 | 17.1 | 17.2 | 19.1 | |
AS Rate - 95% UCL | 19.9 | 20.7 | 20.0 | 21.6 | 19.8 |


References
- Data were provided by the Office for National Statistics on request, November 2018. Similar data can be found here: http://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths.
- Data were provided by ISD Scotland on request, October 2018. Similar data can be found here: http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Cancer/Publications/index.asp.
- Data were provided by the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry on request, March 2019. Similar data can be found here: http://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/nicr/.
About this data
Data is for UK, 2017, ICD-10 C61.