Stark Facts about Pulmonary Fibrosis

Without treatment, 50% of Pulmonary Fibrosis [PF] patients will die within 3 years of diagnosis. Treatment extends life expectancy to 7-8 years.
Men are nearly twice as likely as women to suffer from PF.
There are 8000 new cases of PF every year in the UK.
33,000 people are living with PF in the UK.
More than 30,000 people will be diagnosed with PF in the 27 EU countries each year.
PF is more common than all leukaemias combined.
3-20% of people with PF have another family member with PF.
Most patients can be diagnosed from 1 to 12 years after their first symptoms.
Pulmonary fibrosis costs the NHS £88 million per year.
5 million people worldwide have PF.
1 in 3 PF patients are expected to die within the next 12 months.
There are 5,000 PF deaths per year.
9,000 admissions and 86,000 hospital bed days accounted for by IPF patients per year.