STATIN FINDINGS

According to the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), there were 2,525 prostate cancer deaths over the period 2011-2015, making it the third leading cause of death from diseases among Jamaican males after cerebrovascular conditions and diabetes.

Jamaicans were twice as likely to get prostate cancer than cancers related to the throat, from which there were more than 1,200 deaths over the same period.

During the period 2011-2015, there were just over 1,300 deaths among women from breast cancer and fewer than 700 from cancer of the cervix, compared to more than 5,000 deaths from diabetes.