• In 2007, 1,692 South Australian men were diagnosed with prostate cancer.



• Prostate cancer acounts for one third of all cancer diagnoses among South Australian males.
  
  
• 254 South Australian men died from prostate cancer in 2007.



• Prostate cancer accounts for 13 per cent of cancer deaths among males in South Australia.
  
  

Australian Statistics 

• 17,444 new cases of prostate cancer were diagnosed in 2006. It is the most common form of cancer diagnosed in Australian men after colorectal. 
  
  
• In 2006, 2,9429 Australian men died of prostate cancer, it is the second leading cause of cancer deaths after lung cancer.
  
  
• One in eight Australian men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer.
  
  
• Prostate cancer is rare before the age of 45.
  
  
• About 85 per cent of new cases and over 96 per cent of deaths occur in men over the age of 60. After diagnosis, a majority of men survive for 10 years or more.
  
  
• The rate of prostate cancer will increase as the population ages.