> >some point in their lives, not necessarily in the calendar year 1999. And
> >the figures are correct, and will almost certainly continue to rise in the
> >foreseeable future -- they have been rising steadily in the postwar period.
>
> Has the figure been rising because of our longer life expectancy?
>
Rising prostate cancer rates are partially a result of longer life
expectancy. Don't know about other kinds.
frances