Thursday, October 4, 2012

What race has the highest rates of prostate cancer

What race has the highest rates of prostate cancer?

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1 :
white men
2 :
There is in fact a striking link to ethnicity - so much so that it is listed among the risk factors for prostate cancer. In the UK, black Caribbean and African men have approximately two to three times the risk of being diagnosed or dying from prostate cancer than white men, while Asian men generally have a lower risk than average risk. Similarly, in the US black men have higher rates than white men; in fact the highest recorded rates in the world, while Asian American men have much lower rates.
3 :
The highest risk for developing prostate cancer is in Sweden. The US and Japanese men who migrated here have an intermediate risk. The lowest risk is in Taiwan and Japan. Black men are afflicted 30% more often than white men.
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