• 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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