The probability of developing cancer in the course of one's lifespan. Lifetime risk may also be discussed in terms of the probability of developing or of dying from cancer Based on cancer rates from 2001 to 2003, it was estimated that men had about a 45 percent chance of developing cancer in their lifetimes, while women had about a 38 percent chance
Probability that a person, over the course of a lifetime, will develop cancer.
Lifetime risk is vastly different than age-specific risk. Meaning that between the ages of 30 to 40, for instance, your risk of developing breast cancer is 1 in 252 (or 0.3%). Because breast cancer risk becomes greater as women age, the 1 in 8 figure simply says that a woman born today has that chance of being diagnosed with breast cancer sometime during her life. For more information on lifetime risk for breast cancer, read "Why you Shouldn't Be a Breast Phobic."
The risk of developing a disease during ones lifetime or dying of the disease. The estimated lifetime risk of developing diabetes for individuals born in 2000 in the US is 32.8% for males and 38.5% for females. Women who inherit mutations of the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene are at an 82% lifetime risk of developing breast cancer. The lifetime risk of dying from prostate cancer is 3.4% for American men. However, the lifetime risk of death for the entire population is 100%.
The probability of developing or dying of cancer across a full lifetime.
The probability, usually expressed as a percentage (e.g. 33%) or a fraction (e.g. 1 in 3), of developing a condition such as cancer over the course of a lifetime. Risk is also often expressed over a shorter period, for instance the risk of being diagnosed with cancer by age 65.
The risk of developing a disease over a person's lifetime given the information currently known.