Hairy Fact of the Day
An estimated 21,780 deaths are expected to occur in 2011 [from leukemia]. Death rates for leukemia have been declining for the past several decades; since 2003, rates have declined by 0.9% per year among males and by 1.6% per year among females.
From: American Cancer Society. Cancer Facts & Figures 2011. Atlanta: American Cancer Society; 2011
