Cancer in Men: Prostate Cancer is #1 for 118 Countries Globally

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About 1 in 5 men and women develop cancer in their lifetime. Whereas more men die from cancer (1 in 9) than women (1 in 12).

Worldwide, prostate cancer is the 2nd most frequent cancer, closely following lung cancer, and it's the 5th leading cause of death from cancer (after lung, liver, colorectum, and stomach cancer).

Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in males in 118 of 185 countries, but it's the leading cause of death in only 52 countries, mostly in Central America and sub-Saharan Africa. This worldwide distribution of prostate cancer reflects large disparities in early detection, prevalence of risk factors, and treatment.

These statistics are according to the most recent American Cancer Society (ACS) Global Cancer Facts & Figures 5th Edition based on 2022 estimates from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). ACS researchers Hyuna Sung, PhD, Chenxi Jiang, MPH, Rebecca Siegel, MPH, and Ahmedin Jemal, DMV, PhD, contributed to the report. An accompanying article from a collaboration with IARC researchers, "Global Cancer Statistics, 2022," was published in the ACS flagship journal CA: Cancer Journal for Clinicians .

Incidence rates for prostate cancer vary by more than 50-fold across countries. An estimated 1.5 million men are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year. The incidence rate for prostate cancer ranges from less than 3 men per every 100,000 men in Yemen and Bhutan to more than 100 men per every 100,000 in Guadeloupe, Lithuania, Martinique, Norway, Sweden, and Barbados.

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