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ABOUT THE PROBLEM
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PROSTATE CANCER NEEDS ADVOCATES!
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Find and Write to Your State Legislators
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Every year in Florida
nearly 14,000 more men are diagnosed with prostate cancer. Except
for skin cancer, this is the most diagnosed type of cancer in the
state....in fact, in the nation! This is important to us here in
Florida, because our state also has the second highest rate of all new
cancer cases in the USA.
But, while prostate cancer is the #1 diagnosed cancer in men and the
#2 leading cause of cancer-
related deaths in American men, prostate
cancer receives just 3.6% of the federal dollars for cancer
research. Prostate cancer advocates work to increase the total
federal prostate cancer funding by contacting Congressmen, Senators and
the President. Florida does not currently recognize prostate
cancer as a health priority.
Your voice is important and needs to
be heard!
Statistically, black males are twice as likely to contract prostate cancer as
white males, and all men
over 65 run twice the risk as those between 50 and
65. Since Florida is the "oldest" state and one
with a higher
than average African-American population, our demographics do play a part.
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CANCER FACTS AND FIGURES 2003
U.S.
INCIDENCE RATES
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FLORIDA NEW
CASES
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Total new cancer cases |
1.3 MILLION |
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Total new cases |
96,100 |
New
prostate cancer cases |
220,900 |
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Prostate
cancer |
15,800 |
New breast cancer cases |
212,600 |
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Breast cancer |
13,500 |
New lung cancer cases |
171,900 |
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Lung cancer |
13,200 |
New colon cancer cases |
105,500 |
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Colon/rectum cancer |
10,200 |
TOP PROSTATE
CANCER STATES
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U.S. DEATH RATES
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State |
New
cases |
Deaths |
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Americans expected to die of
cancer in 2003 |
556,500 |
California |
20,500 |
2,700 |
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Lung cancer |
157,200 |
Florida |
15,800 |
2,100 |
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Colon/rectum cancer |
57,100 |
New York |
14,000 |
1,800 |
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Breast cancer |
40,200 |
Texas |
13,200 |
1,700 |
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Prostate
cancer |
28,900 |
Pennsylvania |
12,000 |
1,600 |
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Prostate Cancer FACTS
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FLORIDA CANCER DEATHS
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| Prostate cancer
incidence rates are 60% higher for African-American men than
white men. |
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Total new cancer deaths |
40,100 |
Lung cancer |
12,100 |
| Prostate cancer
deaths are 2 times higher for African-American men than white
men. |
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Colon/rectum cancer |
3,900 |
Breast cancer |
2,500 |
| Risk factors: age,
race, and family history. |
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Prostate cancer |
2,100 |
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Source: American Cancer Society Facts &
Figures 2003 |
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