Characteristics of prostate cancer cases diagnosed in Norway 1960–2017
| Firefighters n=487 | Reference occupations* n=4734 | General population n=113 133 | |
| Age at diagnosis, years | |||
| Mean (SD) | 67.5 (9.2) | 66.7 (8.6) | 71.0 (8.7) |
| Range | 44–93 | 41–94 | 24–100 |
| Period of diagnosis, n (%) | |||
| 1960–1993 | 77 (16) | 447 (10) | 33 860 (30) |
| 1994–2006 | 135 (28) | 1202 (25) | 35 211 (31) |
| 2007–2017 | 275 (56) | 3085 (65) | 44 062 (39) |
| Region of residence, n (%) | |||
| Northern Norway | 61 (13) | 464 (10) | 10 066 (9) |
| Central Norway | 44 (9) | 434 (9) | 10 056 (9) |
| Western Norway | 137 (28) | 1 055 (22) | 31 324 (28) |
| Southern Norway | 29 (6) | 316 (7) | 7195 (6) |
| Eastern Norway | 216 (44) | 2453 (52) | 54 218 (48) |
| Missing | 0 (0) | 12 (<1) | 274 (<1) |
| Marital status, n (%) | |||
| Unmarried | 22 (5) | 192 (4) | 8098 (7) |
| Married | 367 (75) | 3518 (74) | 75 130 (67) |
| Widower/divorced/separated | 84 (17) | 908 (19) | 21 762 (19) |
| Missing | 14 (3) | 116 (3) | 8143 (7) |
*Military employees, pilots and police officers.