Prostate Cancer Statistics on Mortality Rates
Death rates for
prostate cancer are much lower than the incidence rates, because survival for men with this cancer is generally quite high.
From 1998-2002, the median age at death for prostate cancer was 80 years. The percentages of people who died from prostate cancer based on age were as follows:
- 0.0 percent died under age 20
- 0.0 percent between 20 and 34
- 0.1 percent between 35 and 44
- 1.3 percent between 45 and 54
- 6.5 percent between 55 and 64
- 21.1 percent between 65 and 74
- 41.9 percent between 75 and 84
- 29.1 percent 85+ years of age.
Prostate Cancer Statistics on Survival Rates
Survival rates can be calculated by different methods for different purposes. The
prostate cancer survival rates presented here are based on the relative survival rate. The relative survival rate measures the survival of cancer patients in comparison to the general population to estimate the effect of cancer. The overall 5-year relative prostate cancer survival rate for 1996-2002 was 99.9 percent. The 5-year relative prostate cancer survival rates by race and sex were as follows:
- 99.9 percent for white men
- 97.6 percent for black men.
Prostate Cancer Statistics on the Affect of Stage
- 91 percent of prostate cancer cases are diagnosed while the cancer is still confined to the primary site (localized stage) or after the cancer has spread to regional lymph nodes or directly beyond the primary site
- 5 percent of prostate cancer cases are diagnosed after the cancer has already metastasized (distant stage)
- 4 percent of prostate cancer cases had staging information that was unknown.
The corresponding 5-year relative survival rates were as follows:
- 100 percent for localized or regional
- 33.3 percent for distant
- 79.5 percent for unstaged.
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