Alternative Cancer Research Fund

(dba: Prostate Cancer Research & Assistance Fund)

Prostate Cancer Statistics & Facts

 

Statistics about Men
  • Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men, next to skin cancers.
  • 1 out of 6 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer.
  • 1 out 35 men will die from prostate cancer.
  • Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in America; behind lung cancer.
  • Prostate cancer accounts for 9% of cancer-related deaths in men.

(Statistics courtesy of American Cancer Society.)

Incidence & Mortality
  • In 2008, it is estimated 186,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer and 28,660 men will die of prostate cancer.
  • Median age of diagnosis is 68 years of age.
  • Median age for death is 80 years of age.
  • On average, 26 out of every 100,000 men die of prostate cancer each year.
Lifetime Risk and Prevalence
  • Almost 16% of men born today will be diagnosed with prostate cancer at some point in their lifetime.
  • 8% of men will be diagnosed between the ages of 50 and 70.
  • As of 2005, approximately 2.1 million men were alive with a history of prostate cancer.

(Statistics based on NCI's SEER Cancer Statistics Review.)