Incidence
  Mortality
Cervical Cancer
Estimated Incidence, Mortality and Prevalence Worldwide in 2012

Estimated numbers (thousands)CasesDeaths5-year prev. 
 World5282661547 
 More developed regions8336289 
 Less developed regions4452301258 
 WHO Africa region (AFRO)9257236 
 WHO Americas region (PAHO)8336279 
 WHO East Mediterranean region (EMRO)15842 
 WHO Europe region (EURO)6728225 
 WHO South-East Asia region (SEARO)17594465 
 WHO Western Pacific region (WPRO)9443299 
 IARC membership (24 countries)206103595 
 United States of America13747 
 China6230190 
 India12367309 
 European Union (EU-28)3413115 
   

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

Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women, and the seventh overall, with an estimated 528,000 new cases in 2012. As with liver cancer, a large majority (around 85%) of the global burden occurs in the less developed regions, where it accounts for almost 12% of all female cancers. High-risk regions, with estimated ASRs over 30 per 100,000, include Eastern Africa (42.7), Melanesia (33.3), Southern (31.5) and Middle (30.6) Africa. Rates are lowest in Australia/New Zealand (5.5) and Western Asia (4.4). Cervical cancer remains the most common cancer in women in Eastern and Middle Africa.

There were an estimated 266,000 deaths from cervical cancer worldwide in 2012, accounting for 7.5% of all female cancer deaths. Almost nine out of ten (87%) cervical cancer deaths occur in the less developed regions. Mortality varies 18-fold between the different regions of the world, with rates ranging from less than 2 per 100,000 in Western Asia, Western Europe and Australia/New Zealand to more than 20 per 100,000 in Melanesia (20.6), Middle (22.2) and Eastern (27.6) Africa. 		  
GLOBOCAN 2012 (IARC) , Section of Cancer Surveillance (9/7/2017)
Estimated Cervical Cancer Incidence Worldwide in 2012
Estimated age-standardised rates (World) per 100,000

 Trends in incidence of cervical cancer in selected countries: age-standardised rate (W) per 100,000
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Australia: www.aihw.gov.au
New Zealand: www.health.govt.nz
USA: seer.cancer.gov
GLOBOCAN 2012 (IARC) , Section of Cancer Surveillance (9/7/2017)
Estimated Cervical Cancer Mortality Worldwide in 2012
Estimated age-standardised rates (World) per 100,000