Childhood Cancer Facts

• Childhood Cancer Facts:
   Every day, 43 children are diagnosed with cancer.
   12% of children diagnosed with cancer do not survive.
   Children’s cancer affects all ethnic, gender and socio-economic groups.
   The average age of children diagnosed is six.
   More than 40,000 children undergo treatment for cancer each year.
   60% of children who survive cancer suffer late-effects, such as infertility, heart failure and secondary cancers.
   There are approximately 375,000 adult survivors of children’s cancer in the United States.
   Today, only 4% of Government funding goes to help fight childhood cancer.
   After accidents, cancer is the second leading cause of death in children ages 1 to 14. About 1,190 children under the age of 15 are expected to die from cancer in 2020.
   About 11,050 children in the United States under the age of 15 will be diagnosed with cancer in 2020. Childhood cancer rates have been rising slightly for the past few decades.
   Use the Childhood Cancer by the Numbers – 2020: https://www.alexslemonade.org/childhood-cancer/about-childhood-cancer/facts