Prostate Cancer in South Africa: Pathology Based National Cancer Registry Data (1986–2006) and Mortality Rates (1997–2009)

Table 1

The number of prostate cancer cases reported to the South African pathology based National Cancer Registry, years 1986–2006, by population group.

	All	Black	White	Coloured	Asian
1986	1401	559	689	126	27
1987	1522	627	782	86	27
1988	1800	698	863	163	13
1989	2046	762	1028	166	27
1990-1991	2434	941	1213	183	62
1992	2424	816	1108	174	43
1993	2736	873	1241	124	33
1994	2622	532	1353	75	34
1995	2504	532	1226	60	28
1996*	2802	1074	1468∧	209∧	52
1997*	3715	1265	2115∧	241∧	93
1998*	4171	1432	2277	396	64
1999*	3860	1220	2169	410	59
2000*	3958	1339	2051	497	72
2001*	4118	1325	2173	537	83
2002*	4318	1432	2263	541	83
2003*	4178	1310	2271	525	79
2004*	4301	1367	2255	588	94
2005*	4346	1480	2244	530	92
2006*	4631	1707	2253	577	93

Years 1986–1995 reported observed numbers and years *1996–2006 reported adjusted numbers. ∧In 1996 and 1997 whites and coloureds were reported together; NCR provided the individual figures that are not in the printed report.