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Georgia 2024 - Prostate Cancer Facts & Statistics

Download Georgia's 2024 Prostate Cancer Facts & Statistics Sheet

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Incidence Rates

  • Given 100,000 Georgia men, 134.7 will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime.
  • 9,620 will be diagnosed this year.
  • The state is ranked #5 in the country for prostate cancer incidences.

 

Mortality Rates

  • 21.1 in every 100,000 men will die from prostate cancer in Georgia.
  • 1,070 men in the state, this year alone.
  • The state is ranked #8 in the country for prostate cancer deaths.

 

CDMRP Grants in Georgia

Year Introduced: 1997

Total Grants to Date: 66

Total Grand Awards Through FY 2022**: $40.8M 

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Grant Recipient

Year

Amount

Emory University2022
2002
1999
$1,255,611
$10,087,129  
$2,156,870
Emory University School of Medicine2022$1,339,869
Augusta University Research Institute, Inc.\$1,155,000

* Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs 
**PCRP (Prostate Cancer Research Program) data for FY 2023 has not yet been posted

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