Childhood cancer facts:
- Every day, 42 children in the United States are diagnosed with cancer
- One in five children diagnosed with cancer in the U.S. will not survive. In medium- and low-income countries, four in five children will not survive.
- Before age 20, 1 in 285 kids will have cancer
- The overall incidence of childhood cancer is on the increase, averaging 0.8% increase per year since 1975.
- Every day, 7 children in the United States die from cancer
- Cancer kills more kids than all other diseases combined
- The incidence of childhood cancer has been steadily increasing over the past few decades
- Less than 4% of the National Cancer Institute’s budget is directed to childhood cancer research
- Two-thirds of childhood cancer survivors suffer from long-term effects of their treatments including loss of hearing and sight, heart disease, secondary cancers, learning disabilities, and infertility