The American Cancer Society’s estimates for acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) in the United States for 2024(including both children and adults) are:
About 6,550 new cases of ALL (3,590 in males and 2,960in females)
About 1,330deaths from ALL (640in males and 690in females)
The risk for developing ALL is highest in children younger than 5 years of age. The risk then declines slowly until the mid-20s, and begins to rise again slowly after age 50. Overall, about 4 of every 10 cases of ALL are in adults.
ALL is not a common cancer, accounting for less than half of 1% of all cancers in the United States. The average person’s lifetime risk of getting ALL is about 1 in 1,000. The risk is slightly higher in males than in females, and higher in White peoplethan in African Americans.
Most cases of ALL occur in children, but most deaths from ALL (about 4 out of 5) occur in adults. Children may do better than adults because of differences in the nature of childhood and adult ALL, differences in treatment (children’s bodies can often handle aggressive treatment better than adult’s), or some combination of these.
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American Cancer Society. Cancer Facts & Figures 2024. Atlanta: American Cancer Society; 2024.
Appelbaum FR. Chapter 98: Acute Leukemias in Adults. In: Niederhuber JE, Armitage JO, Dorshow JH, Kastan MB, Tepper JE, eds. Abeloff’s Clinical Oncology. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa. Elsevier: 2014.
National Cancer Institute. SEER Cancer Stat Facts: Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL). Accessed at https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/alyl.html on July 18, 2018.
Last Revised: January 17, 2024
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The average person's lifetime risk of getting ALL is about 1 in 1,000. The risk is slightly higher in males than in females, and higher in White people than in African Americans. Most cases of ALL occur in children, but most deaths from ALL (about 4 out of 5) occur in adults.
The American Cancer Society's estimates for leukemia in the United States for 2024 are: About 62,770 new cases of leukemia and about 23,670 deaths from leukemia (all kinds) About 20,700 new cases of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) About 4,440 deaths from CLL.
Overall incidence of ALL was 34.0 cases per 1 million. Rates were highest in children aged 1–4 years (75.2 per 1 million) and were higher in males (38.0) than in females (29.7).
Acute lymphocytic leukemia accounts for less than half of 1% of all cancers in the U.S. However, ALL is the most common cancer that affects children, teenagers and young adults. Most ALL cases affect children ages 2 to 5.
ALL is the most common type of childhood cancer. It most often occurs in children ages 3 to 5 and affects slightly more boys than girls. ALL is most common in Hispanic children, followed by those of white and African-American descent.
While all of the following are prognostic factors, only certain ones are used to determine which risk group a child is in. (The first 2 factors – age at diagnosis and initial white blood cell count – are thought to be the most important.)
Findings. The incidence rate for childhood ALL was found to be 4.32 per 100,000 children (95% CI 2.65–5.99) with a prediction interval of 1.98 to 9.42 per 100,000 children.
It is slightly more common in boys than in girls. ALL is the least common type of leukemia among adults. About 1 in 3 cases of ALL occur in adults. Adults over age 50 have a higher risk for ALL than those between the ages of 20 and 50.
Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia accounted for less than 1% of all new cancer cases in the UK in 2017-2019. In females in the UK, acute lymphoblastic leukaemia accounted for around 310 new cancer cases every year (2017-2019).
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