Who Is Most at Risk of Getting CLL?
Dr. Gribben gives up-to-date CLL statistics that you might find interesting. Here are some highlights from his article. Remember, these are statistics based on general population. They may not reflect your specific situation. • Roughly 15,500 people will be diagnosed with CLL in the USA in 2009. Of these, more than half (just over 9,000) will be men. No question, there does seem to be a slight male bias in this disease. • Median age at diagnosis is 72 and death due to CLL is at age 79. Almost 70% of patients are older than 65 years and patients younger than 45 is just 2%. If you are a very young CLL patient, consider yourself specially “blessed” – not that you asked for it or anything. • CLL is small potatoes when it comes to incidence in the general public. Just a tad over 4 people out of 100,000 get CLL each year. When statistics are examined from 1975 through 2006, there does not seem to be any increase in this rate. • The single biggest risk factor of getting CLL is a family histor
