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African American Men's Health

• Mortality from all cancers is 68% higher for African American males than for white males.
• African American men are at least 50% more likely to develop (and twice as likely to die from) prostate cancer than men of any other racial or ethnic group in the United States.
• The projected average life expectancy for African American men in 2000 is 64.6 years.
• The 5-year survival rate for African American males with prostate cancer is 10% lower than that of white males.
• Cigarette smoking is more common among African American males than for white males (32.3% vs. 27.3%).
• African American men are 66% more likely to develop prostate cancer than white men.
• Lung cancer mortality for African American men is nearly 70% higher than that for white men.
• About 35% of African American men in the United States are overweight.
• Forty-seven percent of African American men have high cholesterol levels.
• Overall, African American men are more likely to develop cancer than persons of any other racial or ethnic group.
• Thirty-six percent of African Americans have high blood pressure.

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