Some Facts about Blood Cancers

Some of you may not know what Leukemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma is, so I just wanted to give you a few facts.

• Every 5 minutes, someone is diagnosed with a blood cancer. This statistic represents nearly 75 people each day, or three people every hour.
• Every 10 minutes, someone dies from a blood cancer. This statistic represents nearly 145 people each day, or six people every hour.
• Leukemia causes more deaths then any other cancer among children and young adults under the age of 20.
• Leukemia and lymphoma are the leading fatal cancers in young men under 35.
• Lymphoma is the third fastest growing cancer rate among males and females age 35 and under.
• Americans of African decent have more then double the incident rate of myeloma then those of European decent.
• Over 1 million people are living with blood cancer in the US and Canada (894,543 estimated in the US).
• About 10% (9.6% exactly) of new cancer cases in the US are leukemia, lymphoma, or myeloma.
• ALL (acute lymphocytic leukemia) is the most common cancer in children 1 to 5 year olds and 1 to 7 year olds. The incident of ALL among 1 to 4 year old childern is nearly nine times greater then the rate for young adults ages 20 to 24.
• ALL (acute lymphocytic leukemia) is the #1 fatal disease for children ages 1 to 14. It strikes 10 times more children then adults.

Keep checking my blog for more details about blood cancers and how the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is making a difference.

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-Heather

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