Healthy Populations Exam 3 Practice

The main idea is that age and race are two strong, well-established risk factors for prostate cancer. Risk increases as men get older, with most cases occurring in men over 65. African American men have higher incidence and mortality from prostate cancer compared with other groups, due to a combination of genetic, biological, and health-system factors. When you combine advanced age with being African American, you capture both of these major risk factors, which is why that option is the best choice. Younger age isn’t a risk factor, and African American alone omits the important influence of age.