According to the <em>U.S. Cancer Statistics: 2005 Incidence and Mortality</em> Web-based report, 33,616 cases of leukemia were diagnosed in the United States in 2005 (the most recent year for which statistics area available), including 19,059 in males and 14,557 in females. That same year, 21,716 people died from leukemia, including 12,273 males and 9,443 females