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The National Cancer Institute says in 2012 there were nearly 2.8 men living in America with prostate cancer.
The American Cancer Society says prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men in the United States.
The American Cancer Society says prostate cancer is the second leading cause of death in men.
The Prostate Cancer Foundation says prostate cancer affects 1 in 7 men in the United States.
The National Cancer Institute says the average age for prostate cancer is 66 years old, but seen occasionally in men as young as 35 years old on occasion.
The National Cancer Institute says there will be over 220,000 cases of prostate cancer in 2015 and over 27,000 will die from the disease.
The Prostate Cancer Foundation says African American men and/or men with a father or brother with prostate cancer are at greatest risk for developing the disease.
The Prostate Health Education Network says African American men have the highest rate of prostate cancer in the United States.
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, African American men are more likely to get prostate cancer followed by Caucasian men, Hispanic men, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Native American men.
The National Cancer Institute says from 2008 to 2012 that for every 100,000 black men, 214.5 have prostate cancer.
The National Cancer Institute says from 2008 to 2012 that for every 100,000 Caucasian men, 130.1 have prostate cancer.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention says African American men are most likely to die from prostate cancer, followed by Caucasians and Hispanics.
The Prostate Cancer Foundation says increased weight and poor diet are risk factors to develop prostate cancer.


Sources:
 

http://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/prost.html
http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/prostate/index.htm
http://www.pcf.org/site/c.leJRIROrEpH/b.5779493/k.3D2F/Understanding_Prostate_Cancer.htm
http://www.prostatehealthed.org/page.php?id=2
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/prostatecancer/detailedguide/index

 

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