Table 1

Estimated white and black invasive prostate cancer prevalence in the United States on 1 January 1997, according to 0–x cumulative years from diagnosis (Dx) and area (Connecticut, SEER) upon which the estimates were based

0–x Years From Dx		White men			Black men
0–x Years From Dx		Conn	SEER		Absolute Diff	Per cent Diff	Conn	SEER	Absolute Diff	Per cent Diff
1	161 710	141 706	20 004	14.1	20 358	22 164	−1 806	−8.9
2	322 695	276 521	46 174	16.7	39 092	42 514	−3 421	−8.8
3	478 898	408 978	69 920	17.1	57 658	62 879	−5 222	−9.1
4	628 365	552 098	76 267	13.8	74 938	82 575	−7 637	−10.2
5	784 213	703 996	80 217	11.4	87 609	99 000	−11 391	−13.0
6	893 047	823 135	69 912	8.5	95 660	110 467	−14 806	−15.5
7	964 077	902 210	61 866	6.9	101 119	117 287	−16 168	−16.0
8	1 012 025	958 796	53 228	5.6	105 906	122 396	−16 490	−15.6
9	1 046 016	1 004 617	41 400	4.1	108 203	126 276	−18 073	−16.7
10	1 074 733	1 041 495	33 238	3.2	110 168	129 712	−19 544	−17.7
15	1 153 698	1 133 055	20 642	1.8	115 296	138 321	−23 025	−20.0
20	1 186 861	1 166 508	20 352	1.7	117 465	141 582	−24 117	−20.5
22	1 191 634	1 172 259	19 374	1.7	117 693	142 185	−24 493	−20.8

SEER: Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results. All differences between Connecticut and SEER significant for both white and black men, with p<0.01.