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Prostate Disease

(Data are for U.S. for year in parentheses)

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Hospital inpatient care

Number of prostatectomy procedures: 195,000 (2002)

Source:  2002 National Hospital Discharge Survey

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

Mortality

Number of deaths from prostate cancer: 30,446 (2002)

Deaths per 100,000 males from prostate cancer: 10.6 (2002)

Source:  Deaths: Final data for 2002

More data

Cancer incidence rates by sex, race, and Hispanic origin, 1990-1999  Health, United States 2003, table 54

Age adjusted death rates by sex, race, and Hispanic origin: 1950-2000  Health, United States 2003, table 29

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National Home and Hospice Care Survey

National Hospital Discharge Survey

Mortality data

National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

National Cancer Institute

 

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