Prostate Disease

(Data are for the U.S.)

 

Health Care Use

Hospital inpatient care

• Number of prostatectomy procedures: 168,000

Source: 2006 National Hospital Discharge Survey, table 8

Hospice care

• Number of current patients with prostate cancer as primary diagnosis: 8,100 (2000)
• Percent of current patients with prostate cancer as primary diagnosis: 7.7% (2000)

Source: National Home and Hospice Care Survey, table 12

 

Mortality

• Number of deaths from prostate cancer: 28,372
• Deaths per 100,000 males from prostate cancer: 19.2

Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2006, tables 12, 14

 

More data

• Age adjusted death rates by sex, race, and Hispanic origin Health, United States, 2008, table 28
• Cancer incidence rates by sex, race, and Hispanic origin Health, United States, 2008, table 52
• Health Data Interactive