Cervical Cancer Facts and Figures
Incidence
- Cervical cancer accounts for 2% of all new cancer cases in women.
- The Age Standardized Incidence Rate (ASIR) of cervical cancer was 7.5 per 100,000 women in 2004.
- Most cervical cancer (67%) occurs in women aged 30-59.
- Incidence rates of cervical cancer have decreased steadily over the past several decades. This is likely due to increased use of the Pap Smear Test for detecting pre-invasive lesions.
Age standardized incidence and mortality rates women cervical cancer, Canada, 1972-2004
Text Equivalent - Figure: Age standardized incidence and mortality rates women cervical cancer, Canada, 1972-2004
Figure: Age standardized incidence and mortality rates women cervical cancer, Canada, 1972-2004
Line chart showing age-standardized rates from 1972 to 2004. Rates are age-standardized to the 1991 Canadian population.
Incidence rates:
1972= 17.83; 1973= 16.28; 1974= 16.14; 1975= 14.86; 1976= 15.19; 1977= 15.42; 1978= 14.74; 1979= 14.18; 1980= 13.04; 1981= 13.85; 1982= 12.30; 1983= 12.93; 1984= 12.15; 1985= 12.30; 1986= 10.94; 1987= 10.41; 1988= 10.18; 1989= 9.99; 1990= 10.41; 1991= 9.59; 1992= 9.69; 1993= 9.54; 1994= 9.41; 1995= 9.29; 1996= 9.25; 1997= 8.70; 1998= 8.34; 1999= 8.42; 2000= 8.40; 2001= 8.22; 2002= 8.01; 2003= 7.83; 2004= 7.70;
Mortality rates:
1972= 6.35; 1973= 5.60; 1974= 5.62; 1975= 4.71; 1976= 4.36; 1977= 4.84; 1978= 4.69; 1979= 4.25; 1980= 3.72; 1981= 3.91; 1982= 3.93; 1983= 3.87; 1984= 3.52; 1985= 3.31; 1986= 3.24; 1987= 3.04; 1988= 3.02; 1989= 2.88; 1990= 2.99; 1991= 2.85; 1992= 2.40; 1993= 2.60; 1994= 2.71; 1995= 2.41; 1996= 2.61; 1997= 2.47; 1998= 2.28; 1999= 2.37; 2000= 2.17; 2001= 2.15; 2002= 1.89; 2003= 1.94; 2004= 1.98;
Mortality
- In 2004 cervical cancer represented 1.2% (388) of all cancer deaths in women.
- The Age Standardized Mortality Rate (ASMR) for cervical cancer has declined steadily over the past several decades. The decline can be attributed to prevention and also screening (i.e. Pap smear/test) leading to early detection.
Survival
- Five year relative survival rates are approximately 74% for women.
* Data source is from the Canadian Cancer Registry Database (Orius system)
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