Prevalence and Incidence of Prostate Cancer
Prostate Cancer Prevalence: Book Excerpts
Incidence (annual) of Prostate Cancer:
189,000 annual cases in USA (SEER 2002 estimate); 168,665 new cases (NIDDK) ... see also overview of Prostate Cancer.
Incidence Rate:
approx 1 in 1,439 or 0.07% or 189,000 people in USA [Source statistic for calcuation: "189,000 annual cases in USA (SEER 2002 estimate); 168,665 new cases (NIDDK)" -- see also general information about data sources]
Incidence extrapolations for USA for Prostate Cancer:
188,999 per year,
15,749 per month,
3,634 per week,
517 per day,
21 per hour,
0 per minute,
0 per second.
[Source statistic for calculation: "189,000 annual cases in USA (SEER 2002 estimate); 168,665 new cases (NIDDK)" -- see also general information about data sources]
Lifetime risk for Prostate Cancer:
1 in 11 men will develop prostate cancer during their lifetime in Australia 2000 (AIHW and AACR, AIHW National Mortality Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
Prevalance of Prostate Cancer:
The second leading cause of cancer death in American men, prostate cancer will be diagnosed in an estimated 184,500 American men in 1998 and will claim the lives of an estimated 39,200.
(Source: Genes and Disease by the National Center for Biotechnology)
Prevelance statistics for Prostate Cancer:
The following statistics relate to the prevalence of Prostate Cancer:
- 1.6 living men have had a prostate cancer diagnosis in the US 2000 (SEER Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2000, NIDDK)
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Incidence statistics for Prostate Cancer:
The following statistics relate to the incidence of Prostate Cancer:
- 230,110 new cases for prostate cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
- 230,110 new male cases for prostate cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
- 975 cases per 100,000 men over 65 in the USA 1996-2000 (National Cancer Institute, 1975-2000)
- 57 cases per 100,000 men aged under 65 in the USA 1996-2000 (National Cancer Institute, 1975-2000)
- 26,000 men in the UK 2001 (National Statistics - UK Government Census, 2001)
- 23% of cancer cases in men are prostate cancer in the UK 2001 (National Statistics - UK Government Census, 2001)
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Death statistics for Prostate Cancer:
The following statistics relate to deaths and Prostate Cancer:
- 29,900 estimated deaths for prostate cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
- 29,900 estimated male deaths for prostate cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
- Each year prostate cancer caused 245 deaths per 100,000 population for men over 65 in the US 2000 (SEER Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2000, NIDDK)
- Each year prostate cancer caused 2 deaths per 100,000 population for men under 65 in the US 1996-2000 (SEER Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2000, NIDDK)
- Prostate cancer death rates for various sub-populations in the USA:
- 245 cases per 100,000 men aged over 65 in the USA 1996-2000 (National Cancer Institute, 1975-2000)
- 2 cases per 100,000 men aged under 65 in the USA 1996-2000 (National Cancer Institute, 1975-2000)
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Prevalence/Incidence of Prostate Cancer: Online Medical Books
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Prostatic cancer:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Four factors have been suspected in the development of prostatic cancer: family or racial predisposition, exposure to environmental elements, co-existing sexually transmitted diseases, and endogenous hormonal influence. Eating fat-containing animal products has also been implicated. Although androgens regulate prostate growth and function and may also speed tumor growth, no definite link between increased androgen levels and prostatic cancer has been found. When primary prostatic lesions metastasize, they typically invade the prostatic capsule and spread along the ejaculatory ducts in the space between the seminal vesicles or perivesicular fascia.
Incidence is highest in Blacks and lowest in Asians. In fact, Black Americans have the highest prostate cancer incidence in the world and are considered at high risk for the disease. Incidence also increases with age more rapidly than any other cancer.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Benign prostatic hyperplasia:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Evidence suggests a link between BPH and hormonal activity. As males age, production of androgenic hormones decreases, causing an imbalance in androgen and estrogen levels, and high levels of dihydrotestosterone, the main prostatic intracellular androgen. Other causes include neoplasm, arteriosclerosis, diabetes, inflammation, and metabolic or nutritional disturbances.
Whatever the cause, BPH begins with changes in periurethral glandular tissue. As the prostate enlarges, it may extend into the bladder and obstruct urinary outflow by compressing or distorting the prostatic urethra. BPH may also cause a pouch to form in the bladder that retains urine when the rest of the bladder empties. This retained urine may lead to calculus formation or cystitis.
The likelihood of developing an enlarged prostate increases with age. A small amount of prostate enlargement is present in many males older than age 40 and more than 90% of males older than age 80. It’s estimated that by 2006, 115 million men age 50 and older will develop BPH. Blacks, with an incidence rate of 224.3 cases per 100,000 people, are at the greatest risk, present with more advanced disease, and have a poorer diagnosis. Whites, by comparison, have an incidence of 150.3 cases per 100,000 people while Asians have an incidence of 82.2 cases per 100,000 people.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Prostatitis:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
About 80% of bacterial prostatitis cases result from infection by Escherichia coli; the rest are due to infection by Klebsiella, Enterobacter, Proteus, Pseudomonas, Streptococcus, or Staphylococcus. These organisms probably spread to the prostate by the bloodstream or from ascending urethral infection, invasion of rectal bacteria via lymphatics, reflux of infected bladder urine into the prostate ducts or, less commonly, infrequent or excessive sexual intercourse or such procedures as cystoscopy or catheterization. Chronic prostatitis usually results from bacterial invasion from the urethra.
It’s estimated that 2 of every 10,000 people who seek outpatient care do so because of prostatitis. As many as 35% of males older than age 50 have chronic prostatitis; about 50% of males will be diagnosed with prostatitis at some point in their lives.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Malignant spinal neoplasms:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Primary tumors of the spinal cord may be extramedullary (occurring outside the spinal cord) or intramedullary (occurring within the cord itself). Extramedullary tumors may be intradural (meningiomas and schwannomas), which account for 60% of all primary malignant spinal cord neoplasms, or extradural (metastatic tumors from breasts, lungs, prostate, leukemia, or lymphomas), which account for 25% of these malignant neoplasms.
Intramedullary tumors, or gliomas (astrocytomas or ependymomas), are comparatively rare, accounting for only about 10%. In children, they're low-grade astrocytomas.
Spinal cord tumors are rare compared with intracranial tumors (ratio of 1:4). They occur equally in men and women, with the exception of meningiomas, which occur mostly in women. Spinal cord tumors can occur anywhere along the length of the cord or its roots.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
About prevalence and incidence statistics:
The term 'prevalence' of Prostate Cancer usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing Prostate Cancer at any given time.
The term 'incidence' of Prostate Cancer refers to the annual diagnosis rate,
or the number of new cases of Prostate Cancer diagnosed each year.
Hence, these two statistics types can differ:
a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence,
but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence.
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