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
• Health Data Interactive