People alive within 5 years of a leukaemia diagnosis, worldwide, 2024
1 488 016
people, worldwide
“Incidence, Mortality and Prevalence by cancer site ... New cases Deaths 5-year prevalence ... Leukaemia 495 113 12 2.4 0.48 292 234 9 3.0 0.26 1 488 016 18.3”
- Kind of source
- Registry or statistics office
- Read on
- 2026-11-06
- Daily check
- Quote found at the source on 2026-11-06
- What to know
- GLOBOCAN 2024 5-year prevalence, both sexes; all leukaemia types together (acute and chronic). It counts people diagnosed in the previous 5 years and still alive, not everyone living with the disease (chronic leukaemias are lived with far longer, so total prevalence is higher). The row reads new cases, rank, %, cumulative risk, deaths, rank, %, cumulative risk, 5-year prevalence, proportion per 100,000.
- About
- Leukaemia
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Kept as evidence; no figure on the platform is computed from it yet.