
*The survival rate of CML in clinical trials is higher than the survival rate reported here, based on SEER data.
AML – 29.8 percent overall and 70.6 percent for children and adolescents younger than 15 years.
ALL – 72.1 percent overall, 92.5 percent for children and adolescents younger than 15 years, and 94.4 percent for children younger than 5 years. From 2010 to 2016, the five-year relative survival rates overall were. The 5-year relative survival rate for leukemia has more than quadrupled, from 14 percent in whites from 1960 to 1963 (the only data available) to 66.4 percent for all races from 2010 to 2016. An estimated 397,501 people are living with or in remission from leukemia in the US. In 2021, 61,090 people are expected to be diagnosed with leukemia. *Data specified for “blood cancer” include leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma, and do not include data for myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) or myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs). These diseases are expected to account for 9.5 percent of the deaths from cancer in 2021, based on the estimated total of 608,570 cancer deaths. Leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma are expected to cause the deaths of an estimated 57,750 people in the US in 2021. Approximately every 9 minutes, someone in the US dies from a blood cancer.* This statistic represents approximately 158 people each day or more than six people every hour. The most recent survival data available may not fully represent the outcomes of all current therapies and, as a result, may underestimate survival to a small degree. Relative survival compares the survival rate of a person diagnosed with a disease to that of a person without the disease. An estimated 1,519,907 people in the United States (US) are living with or in remission from leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma, myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) or myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs). Prevalence is the estimated number of people alive on a certain date in a population who previously had a diagnosis of the disease. New cases of leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma are expected to account for 9.8 percent of the estimated 1,898,160 new cancer cases that will be diagnosed in the US in 2021. An estimated combined total of 186,400 people in the US are expected to be diagnosed with leukemia, lymphoma or myeloma in 2021. Approximately every 3 minutes, one person in the US is diagnosed with leukemia, lymphoma or myeloma. Leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma and myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are types of cancer that can affect the bone marrow, the blood cells, the lymph nodes and other parts of the lymphatic system.Ĭlick on the links below to view statistics about each disease: The Trish Greene Back to School Program.