GLOBOCAN Cancer Fact Sheets: Cervical Cancer

GLOBOCAN 2008

CANCER FACT SHEET

	Incidence
	Mortality

Cervical Cancer Incidence and Mortality Worldwide in 2008
Summary

Estimated numbers (thousands)	Cases	Deaths
World	530	275
More developed regions	76	32
Less developed regions	453	242
WHO Africa region (AFRO)	75	50
WHO Americas region (PAHO)	80	36
WHO East Mediterranean region (EMRO)	18	11
WHO Europe region (EURO)	61	28
WHO South-East Asia region (SEARO)	188	102
WHO Western Pacific region (WPRO)	105	46
IARC membership (22 countries)	193	96
United States of America	11	3
China	75	33
India	134	72
European Union (EU-27)	31	13


Estimated age-standardised rates (World) per 100,000

At a glance

Cervical cancer is the third most common cancer in women, and the seventh overall, with an estimated 530 000 new cases in 2008. More than 85% of the global burden occurs in developing countries, where it accounts for 13% of all female cancers.
High-risk regions are Eastern and Western Africa (ASR greater then 30 per 100,000), Southern Africa (26.8 per 100,000), South-Central Asia (24.6 per 100,000), South America and Middle Africa (ASRs 23.9 and 23.0 per 100,000 respectively). Rates are lowest in Western Asia, Northern America and Australia/New Zealand (ASRs less than 6 per 100,00). Cervical cancer remains the most common cancer in women only in Eastern Africa, South-Central Asia and Melanesia.
Overall, the mortality: incidence ratio is 52%, and cervical cancer is responsible for 275 000 deaths in 2008, about 88% of which occur in developing countries: 53 000 in Africa, 31 700 in Latin America and the Caribbean, and 159 800 in Asia.

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Estimated Cervical Cancer Incidence Worldwide in 2008

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Age-standardised incidence rates per 100,000

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GLOBOCAN 2008, International Agency for Research on Cancer

Trends in incidence of cervical cancer in selected countries: age-standardised rate (W) per 100,000

NORDCAN (www.ancr.nu)	France: INVS Ireland: www.ncri.ie The Netherlands: www.ikcnet.nl England: www.statistics.gov.uk Scotland: www.isdscotland.org Wales: www.wales.nhs.uk	Australia: www.aihw.gov.au Canada: www.statcan.gc.ca India: Chennai cancer registry Japan: Miyagi, Osaka and Yamagata cancer registries Republic of Korea: www.ncc.re.kr USA: SEER program: seer.cancer.gov

GLOBOCAN 2008 (IARC) , Section of Cancer Information (17/5/2012)

Estimated Cervical Cancer Mortality Worldwide in 2008

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01.94.99.717.342 Age-standardised mortality rates per 100,000 Roll over the map for country rates. Click onto the map and zoom with mouse wheel.	GLOBOCAN 2008, International Agency for Research on Cancer

GLOBOCAN 2008 (IARC) , Section of Cancer Information (17/5/2012)