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Table 1.

Prostate cancer disparities metrics

End point Group and metric
Autopsy prevalence (%) by decade of age Asian Ancestry European Ancestry African Ancestry References
20–29  0.0  0.5  1.6 Rebbeck and Haas 2014
30–39  4.0  8.4 35.5
40–49  6.3 15.0 24.7
50–59 17.3 26.9 39.6
60–69 17.7 33.3 56.7
70–79 25.4 35.4 NA
80–89 33.2 49.0 NA
90+ 50.0 91.1 NA
Screened-detected cancer prevalence, men with PSA >4.0 and abnormal DRE Prevalence Group
Ghana 5.8 Age 50–74 Hsing et al. 2014
AA-St. Louis, MO 5.4 Age 40–79 Smith et al. 1996
AA-Detroit, MI 3.3 Age 40–79 Powell 2007
AA-Flint, MI 3.0 Age 40–79 Cooney et al. 2001
AA-South Carolina 2.2 Age 40–79 Weinrich et al. 1998
U.S. Caucasians 1.6 Age >50 Richie et al. 1993
Incidence (age-adjusted per 100,000 men) SEER-18 rate 2008–2012 SEER-13 trend 2003–2012
Asian/Pacific Islander  74.0 −4.6 seer.cancer.gov
Black 214.5 −3.9
Hispanic 114.7 −4.7
Non-Hispanic White 133.4 −4.7
Relative biochemical nonfailure, White vs. Black HR = 1.25 95% CI: 1.11–1.41 Evans et al. 2008
Relative CaP-specific survival, White vs. Black HR = 1.13 95% CI: 1.00–1.27 Evans et al. 2008
Relative overall survival, White vs. Black HR = 1.01 95% CI: 0.88–1.16 Evans et al. 2008
Mortality (age-adjusted per 100,000 men SEER-18 rate 2008–2012 SEER-13 trend 2003–2012
Asian/Pacific Islander  9.4 −3.4 seer.cancer.gov
Black 46.3 −4.0
Hispanic 17.8 −2.7
Non-Hispanic White 19.9 −3.4

NA, Not available; AA, African American; PSA, prostate-specific antigen; DRE, digital rectal examination.