Prostate Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Barbados, West Indies

Table 1

Age-specific and age-standardized incidence of prostate cancer in Barbados between July 01, 2002 and December 31, 2008, per 100,000 person-years of observation.

Age group (years)	Number of cases	Person-years*	Age-specific rate	95% CI
0–4	0	60,793	0.0	0–6.1
5–9	0	65,446	0.0	0–5.6
10–14	0	65,335	0.0	0–5.7
15–19	0	65,960	0.0	0–5.6
20–24	0	62,648	0.0	0–5.9
25–29	1	68,960	1.5	0–8.1
30–34	0	67,359	0.0	0–5.5
35–39	0	71,536	0.0	0–5.2
40–44	4	66,942	6.0	1.6–15.3
45–49	14	55,952	25.0	13.7–42.0
50–54	79	45,743	172.7	136.7–215.2
55–59	129	30,517	422.7	352.9–502.3
60–64	175	27,778	630.0	540.1–730.6
65–69	203	25,526	795.3	689.6–912.5
70–74	232	22,598	1,026.6	898.8–1,167.6
75–79	147	16,384	897.2	758.0–1,054.5
80–84	74	11,875	623.2	489.3–782.3
85+	33	9,183	359.4	247.4–504.8
Unknown age	10	—	—
Crude rate	1,101	840,535	131.0	123.4–139.0
Age-standardized rates (US)	—	—	160.4	151.0–170.2
Age-standardized rates (Europe)	—	—	163.1	153.4–173.3
Age-standardized rates (World)	—	—	112.0	105.2–119.3

*85+ age group rounded up to 9,183 to maintain correct person-year total.