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PHOM Indicator Profile Report of Prostate Cancer Deaths

Why Is This Important?

Prostate cancer is the second most commonly occurring form of cancer for men, and is the second leading cause of cancer death for men in both Utah and the U.S.

Prostate Cancer Deaths per 100,000 Men by Year, Utah and U.S., 1999-2020

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Data Sources

  • Utah Death Certificate Database, Office of Vital Records and Statistics, Utah Department of Health
  • Population Estimates: National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) through a collaborative agreement with the U.S. Census Bureau, IBIS Version 2020
  • U.S. Cancer Statistics: WONDER Online Database. United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Cancer Institute. Accessed at [http://wonder.cdc.gov/cancer.html]
  • National Vital Statistics System, National Center for Health Statistics, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Data Notes

ICD-10 codes used to define prostate cancer: C61.   [[br]] Age-adjusted to U.S. 2000 standard population.

Risk Factors

Risk factors for prostate cancer include increasing age, a family history of prostate cancer, and certain hereditary syndromes.

How Are We Doing?

In 2020, the Utah age-adjusted prostate cancer mortality rate was 21.2 deaths per 100,000 males. Tooele County Local Health District (LHD) had the highest prostate cancer mortality rate at 30.6 per 100,000 and the San Juan LHD had the lowest at 9.5 per 100,000, though caution should be used in interpreting the San Juan LHD rate as it has a high coefficient of variation (see additional data views for additional differences between Utah Small Areas) from 2016-2020. From 2016-2020, men who racially identify as Asian had a significantly lower rate of prostate cancer mortality (6.6 deaths per 100,000 males, though caution should be used in interpreting these rates as these estimates have a high coefficient of variation), while men who racially identify as Pacific Islander had a significantly higher rate of prostate cancer mortality (37.1 per 100,000 males) compared to other races.

What Is Being Done?

The Utah Comprehensive Cancer Control program (CCC) and its affiliated coalition, the Utah Cancer Action Network (UCAN), work together with state and local partners to reduce the burden of cancer in Utah. Their mission is to lower cancer incidence, morbidity, and mortality in Utah through collaborative efforts directed toward cancer prevention and control. As a result, they support community-based strategies around food security, healthy neighborhoods, access to health care, and financial toxicity in order to prevent cancer; detect cancer early; and improve the lives of cancer survivors, caregivers, and their families.

Healthy People Objective: Reduce the prostate cancer death rate

U.S. Target: 21.8 deaths per 100,000 males

Date Indicator Content Last Updated: 04/14/2022


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Content updated: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 15:50:04 MDT