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Table 1
Age-adjusted incidence and mortality rates of all prostate cancers from 1973 to 2006, aged 20 and above for Singapore, Sweden and Geneva
Country	Period	Incidence rate		Mortality rate
		(per 100,000 person years)		(per 100,000 person years)
		Total	Rate	Total	Rate
Singapore	1973-1977	144	5.1	35	2.0
	1978-1982	240	6.8	69	3.4
	1983-1987	356	8.0	106	4.1
	1988-1992	529	9.6	187	5.7
	1993-1997	903	13.9	303	7.7
	1998-2002	1357	17.6	434	9.3
	2003-2006	1643	23.2	443	6.1
Sweden	1973-1977	17359	44.9	8516	21.6
	1978-1982	19202	46.0	8400	19.5
	1983-1987	22372	50.6	8795	18.9
	1988-1992	25329	55.4	10341	20.9
	1993-1997	28985	63.0	11411	21.6
	1998-2002	37313	84.5	12287	21.4
	2003-2006	38223	109.2	7625*	21.2*
Geneva	1973-1977	407	36.5	249	22.2
	1978-1982	524	42.1	270	21.1
	1983-1987	585	43.1	289	19.9
	1988-1992	724	50.0	317	19.7
	1993-1997	955	63.9	316	18.2
	1998-2002	1345	86.4	279	14.5
	2003-2006	1215	89.3	253	14.4

* Period for Sweden prostate mortality 2003–2005.

Chen et al. BMC Cancer 2012 12:222 doi:10.1186/1471-2407-12-222

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