Read press release Cervical cancer Key Facts
Key messages on incidence, survival, mortality, risk factors (causes) and a summary table of the statistics for cervical cancer are given here. Also discussed is screening.
More comprehensive information and statistics for cervical cancer is here: incidence, survival, mortality, risk factors (causes) and screening.
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The latest statistics available for cervical cancer are; incidence 2010, mortality 2010, and survival 2005-2009. Source years are specified in the statistics table. Find out why these are the latest statistics available.
- Cervical cancer is the twelfth most common cancer in women in the UK and the third most common gynaecological cancer after uterus (womb) and ovary.
- There were around 2,900 new cases of cervical cancer diagnosed in the UK in 2010, that is around 8 women every day.
- Around 6 in 10 of all new cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed in women under 50 years, that’s around 1,700 cases each year.
- Cervical cancer is the most common cancer in women under 35 in the UK.
- Overall, cervical cancer incidence in Great Britain decreased by nearly half between the late 1980’s until the early 2000s, but the last decade has seen an increase of around 15%, mostly in women in their late 20s.
- Cervical cancer accounts for around one in ten cancers diagnosed in women worldwide.
- Worldwide, more than half a million women were diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2008.
- Cancer of the cervix is the most common cancer diagnosed in women in Southern Africa and Central America.
Read more in-depth cervical cancer incidence statistics.
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- Two thirds of women with cervical cancer survive their disease for five years or more.
- Cervical cancer survival is higher in women diagnosed at a younger age. Women under 40 years of age have survival rates of almost 90%.
Read more in-depth cervical cancer survival statistics.
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- Around 940 women died from cervical cancer in 2010 in the UK, that is more than 2 every day.
- In the UK, it is rare for young women to die from cervical cancer; around three-quarters of all cervical cancer deaths occur in women aged 50 and over.
- Cervical cancer death rates have decreased by 70% in the UK since the early 1970s.
- Worldwide, around 275,000 women are estimated to have died from cervical cancer in 2008.
Read more in-depth cervical cancer mortality statistics.
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- Infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV) is the main risk factor and a necessary cause of cervical cancer.
- Women with HIV/AIDS are at increased risk of cervical cancer.
- Women with a sister or mother who has had cervical cancer are at increased risk of developing it themselves.
- Smoking increases risk of cervical cancer.
- Long term use of the oral contraceptive pill increases the risk of cervical cancer.
Read more in-depth cervical cancer risk factors.
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- The NHS Cervical Screening Programme was set up in 1988 by the Department of Health.
- Cervical screening can prevent around 45% of cervical cancer cases in women in their 30s, rising with age to 75% in women in their 50s and 60s, who attend regularly.
- HPV vaccination in schools was introduced into the national immunisation programme in 2008, for girls aged 12-13.
Read more in-depth cervical cancer screening statistics.
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| CERVICAL CANCER STATISTICS | Females | Country | Year3 |
| Number of new cases per year | 2,851 | UK | 2010 |
| Incidence rate per 100,000 population1 | 8.4 | ||
| Number of deaths per year | 936 | UK | 2010 |
| Mortality rate per 100,000 population1 | 2.3 | ||
| One-year survival rate2 | 83.6% | England | 2005-2009 |
| Five-year survival rate2 | 66.6% | ||
| Ten-year survival rate2 | 63.0% | England & Wales |
2007 (predicted) |
1. European age-standardised 2. Adults diagnosed 3. Latest statistics available
More detailed statistics on cervical cancer can be found using these links: incidence, survival, mortality, risk factors and screening.
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