Using linked routinely collected health data to describe prostate cancer treatment in New South Wales, Australia: a validation study

Table 1 Characteristics of prostate cancer cases included in this study, as recorded in PCOS (n = 1857)

	n	%
Age
< 50	49	3
50-59	627	34
60-69	1181	64
Disease stage
Localised	1617	87
Non-localised	227	12
Unknown	13	1
Geographical area^a
Major city	1135	61
Inner regional	460	25
Outer regional	235	13
Remote/very remote	22	1
Unknown	5	0
Radical prostatectomy	1036	56
Any radiotherapy	578	31
EBRT	530	29
Brachytherapy	120	6
Androgen deprivation therapy	571	31
ADT for non-localised cases	179	79

^a Based on Accessibility/Remoteness Index for Australia (ARIA+), using distance from the place of residence to major service centres
PCOS: Prostate Cancer Care and Outcomes Study; EBRT: External beam radiation therapy; ADT: Androgen deprivation therapy

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