uterine cervical cancer incidence in 2008 worldwide

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

Here are some some updated data on the incidence of cervical cancer worldwide  according to the International agency for research on cancer (IARC). 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 with age standardised incidence rate (ASR) greater then 30 per 100,000, Southern Africa (ASR 26.8 per 100,000), South-Central Asia (ASR 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 was responsible for 275 000 deaths in 2008, about 88% of which occurred in developing countries.