Cancer in men

Note: Figures in parentheses are the rates per 100,000 men in the United States.

The three most common cancers among men

Prostate cancer (156.9)

• First among men of all races and Hispanic origin populations.

Lung cancer (80.5)

• Second among white, black, American Indian and Alaska Native men and Asian and Pacific Islanders.
• Third among Hispanic men.

Colorectal cancer (52.7)

• Second among Hispanic men.
• Third among white, black, American Indian and Alaska Native men and Asian and Pacific Islanders.

Major causes of cancer death in men

Lung cancer (65.2)

• First among men of all races and Hispanic origin populations.

Prostate cancer (23.5)

• Second among white men, blacks, American Indians and Alaska Natives and Hispanics.
• Fourth among men of Asian and Pacific Islanders.

Colorectal cancer (20.0)

• Third among men of all races and Hispanic origin populations.

Liver Cancer

• Second among Asian and Pacific Islanders.