Prostate cancer now accounts for 26% of all new cancers in UK males, making it the most common form of cancer in men.
Men of Afro-Caribbean descent are twice as likely to get prostate cancer ( 1 in 4 men) then white males (1 in 8 men).
For males in the UK, prostate cancer accounted for 13% of all cancer deaths in 2018 (11,900 deaths), making prostate cancer the second most common cause of cancer death for males in the UK.
In 20% to 30% of cases, prostate cancer spreads to other locations in the body.
The incidence of benign prostatic hyperplasia, BPH, has been estimated to increase from 50% among men between the ages of 50 and 60 years, to 90% for men older than 80 years of age.
Some men experience a sudden onset of the inability to pass urine (known as acute retention). Studies have shown that acute retention affects between 1 and 2 per cent of men with BPH each year.
It is estimated that up to 3 million men in the UK have lower urinary tract symptoms associated with BPH.
Acute prostatitis affects one in every 10,000 UK men.
