Cancer is the leading cause of death by disease in American children, resulting in the death of approximately 1,800 kids each year.

 

Every day, 43 children are diagnosed with cancer.

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12% of children diagnosed with cancer do not survive.

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Children’s cancer affects all ethnic, gender and socio-economic groups.

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The average age of children diagnosed is six.

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More than 40,000 children undergo treatment for cancer each year.

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60% of children who survive cancer suffer late-effects, such as infertility, heart failure and secondary cancers.

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There are approximately 375,000 adult survivors of children’s cancer in the United States. That equates to 1 in 530 adults ages 20-39