Statistics on Leukemia: 2006 Estimates
The American Cancer Society estimated that 35,070 men and women (20,000 men and 15,070 women) would be diagnosed with
leukemia in 2006, and 22,280 men and women would die of the disease during the year.
Leukemia Statistics: Age-at-Diagnosis Figures
From 1998-2002, the median age at
leukemia diagnosis was 67 years. The percentages of people diagnosed with the disease based on age were as follows:
- 11.4 percent were diagnosed under age 20
- 5.2 percent between 20 and 34
- 5.9 percent between 35 and 44
- 9.7 percent between 45 and 54
- 13.9 percent between 55 and 64
- 20.5 percent between 65 and 74
- 23.2 percent between 75 and 84
- 10.1 percent at 85+ years of age.
Leukemia Statistics: Deaths
From 1998-2002, the median age at death from leukemia was 74 years. The percentages of people who died from the disease based on age were:
- 3.3 percent died under age 20
- 3.5 percent between 20 and 34
- 3.9 percent between 35 and 44
- 6.7 percent between 45 and 54
- 11.8 percent between 55 and 64
- 23.4 percent between 65 and 74
- 31.1 percent between 75 and 84
- 16.4 percent at 85+ years of age.
The age-adjusted death rate for leukemia was 7.6 per 100,000 men and women per year. These rates are based on people who died in 1998-2002 in the United States. Death rates by race and sex are shown in the following table.
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Race/Ethnicity
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Men
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Women
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All races
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10.2 per 100,000 men
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5.8 per 100,000 women
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Caucasian
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10.4 per 100,000 men
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6.0 per 100,000 women
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African American
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8.9 per 100,000 men
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5.4 per 100,000 women
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Asian/Pacific Islander
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5.3 per 100,000 men
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3.2 per 100,000 women
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American Indian/Alaska Native
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5.1 per 100,000 men
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3.0 per 100,000 women
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Hispanic
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6.6 per 100,000 men
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4.3 per 100,000 women
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