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.

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