Prostate Cancer in Hawai ‘ i
• Prostate cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in men in Hawai ‘ i .
• Annually , an average of 726 men are diagnosed with invasive prostate cancer in Hawai ‘ i .
• An average of 107 men die of prostate cancer in Hawai ‘ i each year .
• Ninety-four percent of prostate cancers are diagnosed at age 55 years and older .
• Prostate cancer incidence and mortality rates in Hawai ‘ i declined over the past few decades . Over the past 10 years , prostate cancer mortality rates fell nearly 3 % per year .
• Hawai ‘ i has among the lowest incidence of prostate cancer in the U . S . ( 84.9 per 100,000 ) compared to the U . S . overall ( 104.1 per 100,000 ) in 2012-2016 .
• Hawai ‘ i has the lowest rates of prostate cancer mortality in the country ( 13.5 per 100,000 ). This compares to 19.2 per 100,000 for the U . S . overall in 2012-2016 .
• Prostate cancer incidence was higher in Filipinos and Whites compared to Na�ve Hawaiian and Chinese ; mortality was higher in Na�ve Hawaiians , Filipinos , and Whites compared to Japanese and Chinese .
• In 2012-2016 , 58 % of prostate cancer cases were diagnosed at early stages and 26 % at late stages ; 16 % of tumors were unstaged .
• Filipinos had the highest propor�ons of late stage prostate cancers ( 33 %).
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HAWAI ‘ I CANCER AT A GLANCE 2012-2016