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The American Cancer Society's estimates for leukemia in the
United States for 2009 are:
- about 44,790 new cases of leukemia (all kinds) and 21,870
deaths from leukemia (all kinds)
- about 12,810 new cases of acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
Most will be in adults.
- about 9,000 deaths from AML. Almost all will be in adults.
Acute myeloid leukemia is generally a disease of older people
and is uncommon before the age of 40. The average age of a patient with
AML is about 67 years.
AML is slightly more common among men than among women. The
lifetime risk of getting AML for the average man is about 1 in 250; for
the average woman the risk is about 1 in 300.
Information on treatment success rates for adult AML can be
found in the section, "How
is acute myeloid leukemia treated?"
Last Medical Review: 08/06/2009
Last Revised: 08/06/2009
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