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Prevalence of Prostate Cancer - These are mostly older male disease and are one of the most common types of cancer among American men. Cancer cells are found in the prostate by 22% of men aged 50-59, in 37% of men 60-79, and in more than half (53%) of their life 80 and older. This disease rarely occurs in men younger than forty years of age.

Globally, it ranked third in cancer incidence and sixth in cancer mortality in men. However, there are marked geographical and ethnic variations in incidence and mortality of clinical prostate cancer. The highest risk countries in North America and northern European countries, and lowest in Japan and other Asian countries and medium enterprises in the region of Central America and West Africa. The difference can be partially accounted for the occurrence of either by differences in screening for prostate cancer and other disease risk among regions of the world or more likely by genetic predisposition and diet and other environmental factors.