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Abstract #303997

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Activity Number:	366
Type:	Contributed
Date/Time:	Wednesday, August 10, 2005 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
Sponsor:	Section on Statistics in Epidemiology
Abstract - #303997
Title:	BMI, Alcohol Consumption, and Risk of Prostate Cancer?
Author(s):	Negasi Beyene*+
Companies:	National Center for Health Statistics
Address:	POBox 1696, Hyattsville, MD, 20788, United States
Keywords:	Prostate Cancer ; Risk Factors ; Alcohol Intake
Abstract:	Prostate cancer is a major public health problem, which over a lifetime will affect an estimated one in five Americans. The American Cancer Society estimated there were about 230,900 new cases of prostate cancer in the United States in the year 2004. About 29,900 men will die of this disease. Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men, exceeded only by lung cancer. While one man in six will get prostate cancer during his lifetime, only one man in 32 will die of this disease. The death rate for prostate cancer is going down because more people are diagnosed earlier. Different studies conclude differently if weight, height, and alcohol consumption are prostate cancer risk factors. Using the National Health Interview Survey of 1997--2002, this paper explores whether there is any relationship between prostate cancer and men's weight, height, and alcohol intake. In this study, I consider men who are 40 years of age and older.

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