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Cancer rates for Hawai'i's males are generally lower than those for the nation, although rates for colon cancer have generally been close. Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer among males in Hawai'i. Since 1980, prostate cancer rates in Hawai'i have increased 77 percent.
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Source: Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program, SEER*Stat Database: Incidence - SEER 9 Regs Public-Use, National Cancer Institute, DCCPS, Surveillance Research Program, Cancer Statistics Branch.
Note: Rates are age-adjusted to the year 2000 U.S. standard population.
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