What Is the Life Expectancy for People With Leukemia?

Studies from the National Cancer Institute place the average life expectancy for people with leukemia at 72 years for men and 78 years for women. The National CML Society states that the life expectancy for those with leukemia is measured in decades, and even matches that of the general population.

Early estimates of those diagnosed with leukemia gave only 3 to 7 years of survival, according to the National CML Society.