Statistics, Facts, & Figures regarding Childhood Cancer

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• Approximately 1 in 285 children in the U.S. will be diagnosed with cancer before their 20th birthday.
  
  

• In the U.S., more children die of childhood cancer than any other disease—more than AIDS, asthma, cystic fibrosis, congenital anomalies and diabetes combined.
  
  

• Over 99% of childhood cancer survivors have a chronic health problem because of the treatment they had as kids.
  
  
• Every 3 minutes, somewhere in the world a family hears the devastating words that their child has been diagnosed with cancer. 
  
  All Figures are for the United States
  ​Sources:
  American Childhood Cancer Organization 
  St. Baldrick's Foundation​​