Characteristics of men responding to the survey
| Number of men (%) | |
| Total | 32 796 (100.0) |
| Age, mean (years) | 68.0 (SD=7.34) |
| <60 | 4106 (12.5) |
| 60–69 | 14 066 (42.9) |
| 70–79 | 12 989 (39.6) |
| 80+ | 1635 (5.0) |
| Ethnic group | |
| White | 31 180 (95.1) |
| Black/black British | 842 (2.6) |
| Asian/Asian British | 439 (1.3) |
| Mixed/other | 291 (0.9) |
| Missing | 44 (0.1) |
| Charlson comorbidity score | |
| 0 | 26 248 (80.0) |
| 1 | 4586 (14.0) |
| 2+ | 1962 (6.0) |
| Deprivation category | |
| 1—least deprived | 8471 (25.8) |
| 2 | 8139 (24.8) |
| 3 | 7045 (21.5) |
| 4 | 5300 (16.2) |
| 5—most deprived | 3841 (11.7) |
| Risk group | |
| High-risk/locally advanced | 15 768 (48.1) |
| Intermediate | 14 387 (43.9) |
| Low-risk | 1613 (4.9) |
| Missing | 1028 (3.1) |
| Type of treatment | |
| External beam radiotherapy only | 14 721 (44.9) |
| Radical prostatectomy only | 8247 (25.1) |
| Brachytherapy only | 1257 (3.8) |
| Other treatment* | 2636 (8.0) |
| No treatment | 5935 (18.1) |
*Including multimodal treatments, and cryotherapy and HIFU (High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound).