title: [Crude rate increase of prostate cancer incidence in our setting].
abstract: The prostate cancer is one of the most frequent cancers in the male sex and its incidence is increasing progresively in a population that every time has a more increased age.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To know the crude rate of prostate cancer in our population and if there is an increase.
  
  
  METHODS
  Knowing the number of habitants under our assistance, we analyze the cases diagnosed of prostate cancer.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The crude rate of the incidence of prostate cancer in our medium is 28.7 cases/100.000 habitants/year and this increases progressively in 3 cases/100.000 habitants/year.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is an increase of the crude rate of the incidence of prostate cancer probably by the influence of the increase of the population's age and the generalization of the measure of PSA in simtomatic patients of prostatic disease.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital Costa del Sol, Marbella, Málaga.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Caballero Alcántara
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marchal Escalona
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Padilla León
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rodrigo Fernández
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013030:Spain
vernacular_title: Aumento de la tasa cruda de la incidencia del cáncer de próstata en nuestro medio.