Current and projected number of years of life lost due to prostate cancer: A global study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prostate cancer is an important cause of death worldwide. The number of years of life lost (YLL) due to prostate cancer is a metric of the toll of prostate cancer and using projections of demographic changes, can be used to measure future burden.

Methods

Prostate cancer mortality data by country and world region was retrieved from the Global Cancer Observatory and the World Health Organization mortality data set, and life expectancy was from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. We estimated YLL as the difference between age at death in people with prostate cancer and remaining life expectancy for people of the same age in the general population. We also estimated the age-standardized YLL rates per 100,000 males over 50 and the average annu

SUBMITTER: Withrow D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9246888 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature