Decline in Prostate Cancer Screening

Routine Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Testing has fallen off since 2012, when a federal advisory panel recommended against it.

Data are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population using age groups: 55-59, 60-69.

Chart: DOMINIQUE DeMOE / Staff Artist Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; National Center for Health Statistics; National Health Interview Survey