Sharing the Decision Slide Set: Slide 6

Talking Points and Text Description of Slide

Slide 5 — Risk of Prostate Cancer in 40-Year-Old U.S. Men, to End of Life, by Leading Causes

Talking Points

This slide is similar to the previous one, except that it presents in graphical form the risks of death for 40-year-old men in the general population through the end of life. It also compares prostate cancer with other leading causes of death. As you can see, of 1,000 40-year-old men, about 341 will die from heart disease and 34 will die from prostate cancer during their remaining lifetimes.

Prostate cancer is one of the leading causes of death. As ranked by risk of death for men aged 40 through the end of life, prostate cancer is sixth among all causes and second among cancer causes of death. So prostate cancer is an important men's health issue.

Prostate cancer should be considered in the context of other men's health issues, including those for which risk is greater and for which solid evidence-based, clinical preventive services are available.

Note: Heart disease includes coronary heart disease, hypertensive heart disease, heart failure, and other diseases of the heart, but not other vascular diseases.

Sources: NCHS U.S. mortality data 1995-1999; NCI SEER 11 1995-1999; DevCan software (Feuer and Wun, 1999). For evidence reviews and recommendations on effective preventive clinical services for leading causes of death, see the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's Guide to Clinical Preventive Services.

Text Description of Slide

Bar graph shows risk of death for 40-year-old U.S. men by leading causes of death (per 1,000 men):

• Heart Disease – 341
• Lung Cancer – 80
• Stroke – 62
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – 55
• Pneumonia & Influenza – 38
• Prostate Cancer – 34