Prostate Cancer
While prostate cancer death rates overall are declining in New Jersey and within all racial and ethnic groups, blacks have significantly higher mortality rates than other groups. The prostate cancer mortality rate among blacks remains 2.5 times the rate among whites. The rates among Hispanics and Asians/Pacific Islanders are slightly below the rate among whites.
Source: New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Center for Health Statistics
The NJBRFS asks men aged 40 years and over whether they have had a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test within the past two years. Survey results show that the prostate cancer screening rate among blacks only lags slightly behind that of whites. Rates among Hispanics and Asians/Pacific Islanders, however, are well below those of whites and blacks. For all races/ethnicities, screening rates are declining.
Source: New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Center for Health Statistics
The incidence of invasive prostate cancer among blacks is 1.5 times the rate among whites and Hispanics, while the rate among Asians/Pacific Islanders is about half the white and Hispanic rates. Rates are decreasing among all racial/ethnic groups.
Source: New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Cancer Epidemiology Services
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