The American Cancer Society's estimates for leukemia in the United States for 2024are:
- About 62,770 new cases of leukemia and about 23,670deaths from leukemia (all kinds)
- About 20,700new cases of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)
- About 4,440 deaths from CLL
CLL accounts for about one-quarter of the new cases of leukemia. The average person's lifetime risk of getting CLL is about 1 in 175 (0.57%). The risk is slightly higher in men than in women.
CLL mainly affects older adults. The average age of people when they are diagnosedis around 70 years. It's rarely seen in people under age 40, and is extremely rare in children.
Visit the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Statistics Center for more key statistics.
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American Cancer Society. Cancer Facts & Figures 2024. Atlanta: American Cancer Society; 2024.
Cancer Stat Facts: Leukemia-Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, 2010-2014. National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD.https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/clyl.html. Accessed on January 5, 2018.
SEER Lifetime Risk (Percent) of Being Diagnosed with Cancer by Site and Race/Ethnicity: Both Sexes, 18 SEER Areas, 2012-2014 (Table 1.15) National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD. Accessed at https://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975_2014/results_merged/topic_lifetime_risk.pdf on January 5, 2018.
Last Revised: January 17, 2024
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