This statistic shows the life expectancy for individuals with select rare diseases before available treatment and now worldwide as of 2017. Before the current available treatment an individual with cystic fibrosis could expect to live less than one year. Now, however, the life expectancy of an individual with cystic fibrosis with current treatment is 37 years.
Life expectancy for individuals with select rare diseases before available treatment and now worldwide as of 2017
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Pfizer. (February 27, 2017). Life expectancy for individuals with select rare diseases before available treatment and now worldwide as of 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 27, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/878256/rare-disease-life-expectancy-before-and-with-treatment-worldwide/
Pfizer. "Life expectancy for individuals with select rare diseases before available treatment and now worldwide as of 2017." Chart. February 27, 2017. Statista. Accessed May 27, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/878256/rare-disease-life-expectancy-before-and-with-treatment-worldwide/
Pfizer. (2017). Life expectancy for individuals with select rare diseases before available treatment and now worldwide as of 2017. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 27, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/878256/rare-disease-life-expectancy-before-and-with-treatment-worldwide/
Pfizer. "Life Expectancy for Individuals with Select Rare Diseases before Available Treatment and Now Worldwide as of 2017." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Feb 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/878256/rare-disease-life-expectancy-before-and-with-treatment-worldwide/
Pfizer, Life expectancy for individuals with select rare diseases before available treatment and now worldwide as of 2017 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/878256/rare-disease-life-expectancy-before-and-with-treatment-worldwide/ (last visited May 27, 2022)