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Incidence Statistics for Types of Prostate conditions

The information below shows a list of types of Prostate conditions, with information as to the annual incidence of each of these types of Prostate conditions. Estimates of the people affected each year are calculated based on the available statistics.

Incidence Statistics for Types of Prostate conditions

Disease

Incidence Estimate

US people estimate

Statistic Used for Calculation

Prostate conditions (overall) N/A N/A 52 per 1000 men - NHIS95; 2,803 million men (NIDDK)
Benign Prostate Hyperplasia approx 1 in 627 or 0.16% or 433,216 people in USA 433,216 7,263 annual cases in Victoria 1996 (DHS-VIC)
Enlarged prostate N/A N/A No information
Prostate cancer approx 1 in 1,439 or 0.07% or 189,000 people in USA 188,999 189,000 annual cases in USA (SEER 2002 estimate); 168,665 new cases (NIDDK)
Prostatitis N/A N/A No information
Acute bacterial prostatitis N/A N/A No information
Acute urinary retention N/A N/A No information
Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis N/A N/A No information
Chronic bacterial prostatitis N/A N/A No information
Chronic nonbacterial prostatitis N/A N/A No information

Types of Prostate conditions

For more information about types of Prostate conditions, refer to our section on types of Prostate conditions.

About incidence:

The medical term 'incidence' of Prostate conditions usually refers to the annual diagnosis rate of new cases of Prostate conditions. Prevalence is a different medical disease measure that refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Prostate conditions at any given time (e.g. prevalence includes people who have had a medical condition for a long time). For more information on prevalence and incidence statistics, see about prevalence and incidence statistics.


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