September is the month designated to focus on many health issues, including prostate cancer and peripheral arterial disease. According to the American Cancer Society, other than skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men. The American Cancer Society’s estimates for prostate cancer in the United States for 2019 are about 174,650 new cases of prostate cancer and about 31,620 deaths from prostate cancer.

About one in nine men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime. Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in American men, behind only lung cancer, and develops mainly in older men and in African-American men. About six out of 10 cases are diagnosed in men aged 65 or older, and it is rare before age 40. The average age at time of diagnosis is around 66.Â