Can you tell me the number of prostatectomies in the US that are
performed each year?

Hi crystal4290!


Number of prostatectomy procedures: 195,000 (2002)

Sourece:
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/prostate.htm

Page 20 - prostatectomy procedures 195,000 (2002)
Source:  2002 National Hospital Discharge Survey
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/ad/ad342.pdf


Table 94 ? page 1 
Ambulatory and inpatient procedures according to place, sex, age, and
type of procedure: United States, selected years 1994?2001

Here is the data for 2001

Age               Prostatectomy Procedures
                  per 1,000 population
45?64 years              1.8    
65?74 years              7.4
75 years and over       10.7

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/tables/2003/03hus094.pdf


Prostate Disease
Number of Prostatectomy procedures for discharges from short-stay
hospitals: 184,000 (2000)
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/prostate.htm
http://www.santacruzhealth.org/almanac/pdfs/menshealth.pdf


233,000  prostatectomy?s were performed in 1996
Number of ambulatory and inpatient procedures by procedure category
and location: United States, 1996
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hdasd/13_139t9.pdf


?In 1993 there were 124,000 mastectomies performed in the U.S., while
317,000 prostatectomies were performed on U.S. men.?

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/96facts/fs_cask2.htm


Figure 10 - Page 21
Rate of prostatectomies for males aged 65?74 years
and 75 years and over: United States, 1988?92
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_13/sr13_124.pdf


?A study of Medicare patients' records found that the number of men
nationwide receiving radical prostatectomy by 1990 was six times
greater than the number recorded for 1984, and the increase was seen
in all age groups, from the youngest (that is, age 65) to men in their
eighties. Recent statistics, however, indicate that since 1993, the
rate of prostatectomies has been dropping.?
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/understanding-prostate-cancer-treatment/page5


?More than 30,000 prostatectomies are performed in the UK every year
and approximately 10 times that number in the USA.?
http://www.graminex.com/clinical_studies/study13.htm


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I hope you find this helpful! 

Best regards, 
Bobbie7

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