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Cervical Cancer StatisticsRelated Information: Compare by Race and Ethnicity, Compare by State Cervical cancer used to be the leading cause of cancer death for women in the United States. However, in the past 40 years, the number of cases of cervical cancer and the number of deaths from cervical cancer have decreased significantly. This decline largely is the result of many women getting regular Pap tests, which can find cervical precancer before it turns into cancer.1 According to the U.S. Cancer Statistics: 2004 Incidence and Mortality report, 11,892 women in the U.S. were told that they had cervical cancer in 2004,* and 3,850 women died from the disease.2 It is estimated that more than $2 billion† is spent on the treatment of cervical cancer per year in the U.S.3 The number of women in the U.S. who develop or die from cervical cancer each year varies by state. Find more information about cervical cancer rates by state. Statistical TrendsThe rates for new cervical cancer cases (incidence) have decreased steadily across multiple racial and ethnic groups, as follows:4
In most racial and ethnic groups in the U.S., the rates for cervical cancer deaths (mortality) also have been decreasing as follows:4
Even though these trends suggest that cervical cancer incidence and mortality continue to decrease significantly overall, and for women in some racial and ethnic populations, the rates are considerably higher among Hispanic and African-American women. Find more information about cervical cancer rates by race and ethnicity. *The most recent year for which statistics are available. References
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