Sharing the Decision Slide Set: Slide 9

Talking Points and Text Description of Slide

Slide 9 — Risk of Prostate Cancer Diagnosis by Age and Race/Ethnicity

Talking Points

This table is similar to the slide we just examined, but it illustrates the risk of being diagnosed with prostate cancer during the following 15 years for men at age 50 and at age 65.

Again, risk increases with age. For all 50-year-old U.S. men, 50 out of 1,000 will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during the following 15 years. The number increases with age, so that among 65-year-old men, 117 of 1,000 are diagnosed with prostate cancer during the following 15 years.

Risk of diagnosis also varies with race/ethnicity. For example, among 50-year-old men, 76 of 1,000 African-American men are diagnosed with prostate cancer during the next 15 years, in contrast to 14 of 1,000 American Indian/Alaska Native men.

Sources: NCHS U.S. mortality data 1995-1999; SEER 11 1995-1999; DevCan software (Feuer and Wun, 1999); Ries et al., 2002.

Text Description of Slide

Table shows risk of prostate cancer diagnosis during the next 15 years by age and race/ethnicity (per 1,000 men):

• All races/ethnicities: 50 at age 50; 117 at age 65
• African American: 76 at age 50; 163 at age 65
• American Indian and Alaska Native: 14 at age 50; 35 at age 65
• Asian and Pacific Islander: 18 at age 50; 84 at age 65
• Hispanic: 29 at age 50; 94 at age 65
• White: 44 at age 50; 113 at age 65