Do you ever wonder about the incidence of CML—the number of people diagnosed in a year? Or its prevalence—the number of people living with CML? Or the odds of getting it? Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is rare, as your doctor may have told you. You may never have heard of it until you were diagnosed. Not surprisingly, since it represents just a small proportion of all people diagnosed with all cancers.
But if you have CML, you're certainly not alone—as this quick summary shows.
CML by the numbers
The number of people living with CML today is growing |
About 10% to 15%
of all leukemia is chronic myeloid leukemia |
More than 4800
new CML cases were estimated in the United States for 2010 |
9 out of 10 people
with CML are in the chronic phase when they're diagnosed |
24,800 people
(approximately) are living with CML in the
United States |
About 66 years
is the average age of people with CML. It's rare
in children |
About 1 in 625
is the average person's lifetime risk of getting CML |