The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2004 in the United States about 1,570 new cases of penile cancer will be diagnosed and an estimated 270 men will die of penile cancer. Penile cancer occurs in about 1 man in 100,000 in the United States.

Penile cancer is very rare in North America and Europe. It accounts for about 0.2% of cancers in men and 0.1% of cancer deaths in men in the United States. However, penile cancer is much more common in some parts of Africa and South America, where it accounts for up to 10% of cancers in men.

Revised: 10/22/2004