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: 28,905
- Deaths per 100,000 males from prostate cancer: 19.8
Source: Deaths: Final data for 2005, Tables 12, 14
More data
- Cancer incidence rates by sex, race, and Hispanic origin, 1990-2005 Health, United States, 2008, Table 52
- Age adjusted death rates by sex, race, and Hispanic origin: 1950-2005 Health, United States, 2008, Table 28
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