Global Patterns of Prostate Cancer Incidence, Aggressiveness, and Mortality in Men of African Descent

Table 1

Age-Standardized Estimates (ASE) of incidence and mortality during 2008 for five leading cancers in men of African descent by Geography.

Location	Incidence*			Mortality*			Prostate Cancer Mortality : incidence rate ratio
	Cancer	Number of cases	ASE**	Cancer	Number of deaths	ASE**
Africa	Prostate	39,460	17.5	Prostate	28,006	12.5	0.71
	Liver	34,612	11.7	Liver	33,826	11.7
	Lung	20,821	8.4	Lung	19,429	7.9
	Colorectal	19,049	6.9	Esophagus	16,678	6.5
	Bladder	16,938	6.7	Colorectal	14,707	5.5
Caribbean	Prostate	15,950	71.1	Prostate	6,543	26.3	0.41
	Lung	5,555	25.7	Lung	5,157	23.6
	Colorectal	3,186	14.4	Colorectal	2,010	8.8
	Stomach	2,418	11.2	Stomach	1,769	8.0
	Larynx	1,469	7.1	Liver	1,304	6.1
US; (African American)	Prostate	30,068	159.6	Lung	9,629	49.1
	Lung	11,712	60.4	Prostate	4,587	22.4	0.14
	Colorectal	8,298	42.0	Colorectal	3,478	17.5
	Kidney	3,600	18.2	Pancreas	1,894	9.6
	Bladder	2,415	12.2	Liver	1,748	8.7

*African and Caribbean incidence and mortality estimates from GLOBOCAN 2008 and include men of all races. US incidence rates from SEER-17, estimated numbers of cases for the total US based on the SEER-17 rates, and US mortality data for the entire country; all include only African American men.
**ASE: Age-Standardized Estimates per 100,000 population adjusted to the 1960 world population.