Table 5

Prostate cancer: directly age standardised annual rates per 100 000 population/year by ethnic group, and related rate ratios, and age and country of birth-adjusted risk ratios (Poisson regression), with corresponding 95% CIs

Directly standardised rateAge standardised rate ratio (as %)Age adjusted risk ratioAge and country of birth adjusted risk ratio
Ethnic group*Events (n)PopulationRate95% CIRate ratio95% CIRisk ratio95% CIRisk ratio95% CI
White Scottish15213918632236.6232.9 to 240.3100.0100.0100.0
Other White British157588919264.5251.7 to 277.4111.8106.1 to 117.5112.4109.2 to 115.7100.089.9 to 111.3
White Irish18311977202.1173.1 to 231.285.473.1 to 97.885.778.6 to 93.577.966.0 to 92.1
Other White17111817218.4184.9 to 251.992.378.1 to 106.591.884.6 to 99.782.972.1 to 95.2
Any mixed background12832240.2106.7 to 373.7101.545.1 to 158.099.968.5 to 145.595.164.0 to 141.3
Indian162021148.170.4 to 225.862.629.7 to 95.563.245.4 to 88.056.340.4 to 78.4
Pakistani17325691.644.2 to 139.038.718.7 to 58.846.433.4 to 64.641.229.3 to 58.2
African origin13917326.6147.6 to 505.7138.162.4 to 213.8142.895.9 to 212.7130.590.4 to 188.6
Chinese181956176.192.6 to 259.574.439.1 to 109.784.659.4 to 120.475.452.9 to 107.5
  • *Other South Asian and other ethnic group numbers were small and judged potentially disclosive.