- Approximately 220,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year
- Of those, about 27,500 will die from the disease
- About 1 man in 7 will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime
- About 1 man in 38 will die of prostate cancer
- Prostate cancer mainly affects older men
- Prostate cancer is rare among men age 40 or younger
- Average age of diagnosis is around 66
- Most men diagnosed with prostate cancer will not die from it; about 2.9 million men who have prostate cancer are alive today
(Source: American Cancer Society)