Lifetime Risk

Lifetime Risk	Disease	Age	Risk – male	Risk-female	Both	Source
	Stroke	55	1 in 6	1 in 5		Framingham
	Alzheimers	55	1 in 10	1 in 5		Framingham
	Stroke or Dementia	55 – 65	1 in 3	1 in 3		Framingham
	All Cancer – no skin – diagnosis	lifetime	44.00%	37.00%	43.13%	SEER
	All Cancer – no skin – death	lifetime			19.65%	SEER
	Lung Cancer	lifetime			6.94%	SEER
	Breast Cancer	lifetime		14.44%	7.46%	SEER
	Prostate Cancer	lifetime	15.78%			SEER
	Colon Cancer	lifetime			5.51%	SEER
Diabetics – nl weight	Cardiovascular Disease	50	78.60%	54.80%		Framingham
Diabetics – overweight	Cardiovascular Disease	50	86.80%	78.80%		Framingham
	Diabetes	lifetime	32.80%	38.50%		National Health
	Coronary Heart Disease	lifetime	1 in 2	1 in 3		Framingham

Lifetime Risk is a valuable way to look at a persons risk for developing a disease.  The risk could be calculated from any age and usually lasts until the person dies.  This number should put the risk in perspective and a person can decide how significant is the risk.