Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the IPCOR cohort (n=6816)
| Variable | Category | Value | Percentage (%) |
| Age at diagnosis | Mean (SD) | 66.7 (8.23) | |
| Median (min, max) | 67.0 (31.0, 94.0) | ||
| Unknown/missing | 98 | 1.4 | |
| Marital status | Married | 4618 | 67.8 |
| Single | 793 | 11.6 | |
| Divorced | 111 | 1.6 | |
| Separated | 183 | 2.7 | |
| Widowed | 281 | 4.1 | |
| Unknown/missing | 830 | 12.2 | |
| Urban/rural | Urban | 3737 | 54.8 |
| Rural | 2901 | 42.6 | |
| Unknown/missing | 178 | 2.6 | |
| Distance to hospital (Km) | Mean (SD) | 58.0 (61.7) | |
| Median (min, max) | 39.1 (0.173, 353) | ||
| Unknown/missing | 50 | 0.7 | |
| Deprivation index | 1—Least deprived | 1377 | 20.2 |
| 2 | 1176 | 17.3 | |
| 3 | 1267 | 18.6 | |
| 4 | 1355 | 19.9 | |
| 5—Most deprived | 1290 | 18.9 | |
| Unknown/missing | 351 | 5.1 | |
| Type of hospital (biopsy) | Public | 4157 | 61.0 |
| Private | 2171 | 31.9 | |
| Non-IPCOR public | 260 | 3.8 | |
| Non-IPCOR private | 113 | 1.7 | |
| Overseas/unknown/missing | 115 | 1.6 |
IPCOR, Irish Prostate Cancer Outcomes Research.