Prostate Cancer in Hawai‘ i
Figure 13. Prosta
• Prostate cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in men in Hawai‘ i.
• Annually, an average of 1,057 men are diagnosed with invasive prostate cancer in Hawai‘ i.
• An average of 146 men die of prostate cancer in Hawai‘ i each year.
• Seventy-six percent of prostate cancers are diagnosed at age 65 years and older.
• A�er a decade of decreasing incidence, the incidence of prostate cancer significantly increased an average of 3.9 % per year from 2013-2022.
• Hawai‘ i had a lower incidence of prostate cancer( 104.2 per 100,000) compared to the U. S. overall( 116.4 per 100,000) in 2018-2022.
• Prostate cancer mortality in Hawai‘ i( 15.5 per 100,000) was lower than the U. S. overall( 18.8 per 100,000) in 2018-2022.
• Prostate cancer mortality was highest in Other Pacific Islanders.
Age-adjusted Rates per 100,000( U. S. Std. Pop. 2000)
125
100
75
50
25
0
• In 2018-2022, 65 % of prostate cancer cases were diagnosed at early stages and 27 % at advanced stages; 9 % of tumors were unstaged.
• Na�ve Hawaiians had the highest propor�on of advanced stage prostate cancers( 34 %).
Incidence Mortality
Figure 14. Prosta
2,500
2,000
Number of Cases
1,500
1,000
500
150
0
45-54 ye
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