CANCERFACTSHEETS:CERVICALCANCER

Estimatedage-standardisedrates(World)intheworld(per100000)

Males Females IncidenceMortality

WHOSouth-EastAsiaRegion

Moredevelopedregions

WHOAfricanRegion

WHORegionoftheAmericas

WHOEasternMediterraneanRegion

WHOEuropeanRegion

Lessdevelopedregions

WHOWesternPacificRegion

IARCMemberState(24countries)

UnitedStatesofAmerica

China

India

EuropeanUnion(EU-28)

20 0 2040 40

Ataglance

Cervicalcanceristhefourthmostcommoncancerinwomenandtheseventhmostcommoncanceroverall.In2012,worldwide,thereareestimatedtohavebeen528000newcases.Likewithlivercancer,alargemajority(around85%)oftheglobalburdenoccursinthelessdevelopedregions,wherecervicalcanceraccountsforalmost12%ofallcancersinfemales.High-riskregions,withestimated2012age-standardizedincidenceratesofmorethan30casesper100000females,includeeasternAfrica(42.7cases),Melanesia(33.3cases),southernAfrica(31.5cases),andcentralAfrica(30.6cases).IncidenceratesarelowestinAustralia/NewZealand(5.5cases)andwesternAsia(4.4cases).CervicalcancerremainsthemostcommoncancerinwomenineasternandcentralAfrica.

In2012,worldwide,therewereanestimated266000deathsfromcervicalcancer,accountingfor7.5%ofallcancerdeathsinfemales.Almost9in10cervicalcancerdeaths(87%)occurinthelessdevelopedregions.Mortalityvariesbyafactorof18acrosstheregionsoftheworld,with2012mortalityratesrangingfromlessthan2deathsper100000femalesinwesternAsia,westernEurope,andAustralia/NewZealandtomorethan20deathsper100000femalesinMelanesia(20.6deaths),centralAfrica(22.2deaths)andeasternAfrica(27.6deaths).

Estimatedincidence,mortalityandprevalence(5years)worlwidein2012

Estimatednumbers Cases Deaths 5-year-prev

World 527624 265672 17159060

Moredevelopedregions 83078 35514 8273689

Lessdevelopedregions 444546 230158 8885371

WHOAfricanRegion 92340 56601 895005

WHORegionoftheAmericas 83195 35673 4114742

WHOEasternMediterraneanRegion 14861 7791 732587

WHOEuropeanRegion 67355 28003 4909685

WHOSouth-EastAsiaRegion 175229 94294 2040925

WHOWesternPacificRegion 94442 43220 4463736

IARCMemberState(24countries) 205741 102946 9401981

UnitedStatesofAmerica 12966 6605 2373019

China 61691 29526 2549427

India 122844 67477 1125960

EuropeanUnion(EU-28) 33679 13136 3463915

Estimatedage-standardizedrates(World)ofincidencecases,females,cervicalcancer,worldwidein2012

≥75.9

20.3–30.1

13.5–20.3

7.9–13.5

<2.0

Nodata

Notapplicable

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Datasource:GLOBOCAN2012Graphproduction:IARC(http://gco.iarc.fr/today)WorldHealthOrganization

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Estimatedage-standardizedrates(World)ofincidencecases,females,cervicalcancer,worldwidein2012

*RegionaldataNORDCAN(www.ancr.nu)ECO(eco.iarc.fr)England:www.ons.gov.uk

*RegionaldataCI5.iarc.fr

*RegionaldataCI5.iarc.frAustralia:www.aih.gov.auNewZealand:wwww.health.govt.nzUSA:seer.cancer.gov

Estimatedage-standardizedrates(World)ofdeaths,females,cervicalcancer,worldwidein2012

≥49.8

9.3–17.5

5.7–9.3

2.4–5.7

<0.37

Nodata

Notapplicable

Allrightsreserved.ThedesignationsemployedandthepresentationofthematerialinthispublicationdonotimplytheexpressionofanyopinionwhatsoeveronthepartoftheWorldHealthOrganization/InternationalAgencyforResearchonCancerconcerningthelegalstatusofanycountry,territory,cityorareaorofitsauthorities,orconcerningthedelimitationofitsfrontiersorboundaries.Dottedanddashedlinesonmapsrepresentapproximateborderlinesforwhichtheremaynotyetbefullagreement.

Datasource:GLOBOCAN2012Graphproduction:IARC(http://gco.iarc.fr/today)WorldHealthOrganization

©InternationalAgencyforResearchonCancer2016