the highest incidence of colorectal cancer. Nearly 20,000 new cases of colorectal cancer were expected in the United States among African Americans in 2019, with incidence rates 24 percent higher in black men and 19 percent higher in black women compared to other races, according to the American Cancer Society. Black colorectal cancer patients are also 15 to 20 percent more likely to die from the disease than patients of any other race.
In an effort to get every Black man healthy, we hope that this new information will help others get on the road to better health and spread the word with their fathers, sons, uncles, brothers, and other Black men in the family.