The third factor is the number of low blood counts or cytopenias you have. Patients may have low blood counts which are not low enough to get points in this category. To get points for cytopenias, your hemoglobin needs to be less than 10 grams per deciliter, your neutrophils less than 1800 per milliliter, or your platelets need to be less than 100,000 per milliliter.