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Iowa 2024 - Prostate Cancer Facts & Statistics

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Incidence Rates

  • Given 100,000 Iowa men, 120.4 will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime.
  • 3,200 will be diagnosed this year.
  • The state is ranked #16 in the country for prostate cancer incidences.

 

Mortality Rates

  • 20 in every 100,000 men will die from prostate cancer in Iowa.
  • That's 300 men in the state, this year alone.
  • The state is ranked #16 in the country for prostate cancer deaths.

 

CDMRP* Grants in Iowa

Year Introduced: 1997

Total Grants to Date: 26

Total Grand Awards Through FY 2022**: $7.7M 

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Grant Recipient

Year

Amount

University of Iowa2010
2006
2003
1997
$679,500
$1,102,802
$542,731
$450,710
Iowa Cancer Research Foundation2001$428,013

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

 

CDC’s National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (NCCCP) Funding in Iowa

  • Target for change: Decrease the age-adjusted mortality per 100,000 for prostate cancer. 2006-2008 Baseline was 24.6 per 100,000 (24.3 whites, 65.6 African American, 19.9 other).
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