Prostate Cancer in African-American MenCáncer de la Próstata en
Hombres Afroamericanos Prostate Cancer in African-American Men
According to the National Cancer Institute, African-American men
are more likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer and to die
from prostate cancer than white men, although the reasons for
this are not clear. African-American men have considerably
higher incidence rates (236 cases per 100,000 in 2005 to 2009)
than white men (146.9 cases per 100,000 in 2005 to 2009).
African-American men may have the highest rate of prostate
cancer incidence in the world. In addition, their prostate
cancer mortality rate is more than twice as high as the rate for
white Americans. In the period from 2005 to 2009, mortality
rates were 21.7 cases per 100,000 white men compared to 53.1
cases per 100,000 African-American men. Five-year relative
survival rates are lower for African-American men (96.2 percent
during 2002 to 2008) than for white men (99.6 percent during
2002 to 2008). The causes of higher ra