Table 1.
Participant characteristics for self-reported race/ethnicity groups among MVP participants who served on active duty during the Vietnam War era (August 1964–April 1975).
| All | Self-reported Race/Ethnicity |
||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-Hispanic White | Black or African American | Hispanic White | Asian | Native American | Pacific Islander | Other | Unknown | ||
| Active duty during Vietnam War | 301,470 (84,326) |
230,506 (68,171) |
45,257 (9,216) |
11,009 (3,176) |
1,915 (447) |
3,082 (860) |
1,292 (339) |
4,155 (1,096) |
4,254 (1,021) |
| Fatal prostate cancer | 795 (221) |
525 (155) |
200 (50) |
27 (6) |
<10 (1) |
<10 (1) |
<10 (1) |
13 (2) |
23 (5) |
| Metastatic prostate cancer | 3,828 (1,113) |
2,495 (818) |
1,033 (219) |
125 (35) |
23 (4) |
29 (8) |
12 (4) |
47 (13) |
64 (12) |
| Any prostate cancer | 42,569 (12,822) |
29,482 (9,555) |
10,084 (2,385) |
1,278 (403) |
224 (45) |
366 (130) |
152 (46) |
481 (135) |
501 (123) |
Numbers indicate participants available for analysis. Numbers in parentheses indicate participants with Agent Orange exposure.