Cervical Cancer Statistics

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 For more information, visit HPV-Associated Cervical Cancer Rates by Race and Ethnicity.

In 2009 (the most recent year numbers are available)—

• 12,357 women in the United States were diagnosed with cervical cancer.*²
• 3,909 women in the United States died from cervical cancer.*²

*Incidence counts cover approximately 90% of the U.S. population; death counts cover approximately 100% of the U.S. population. Use caution when comparing incidence and death counts.

References

¹National Institutes of Health. Cervical Cancer. NIH Consensus Statement. 1996;14(1):1–38.

²U.S. Cancer Statistics Working Group. United States Cancer Statistics: 1999–2009 Incidence and Mortality Web-based Report. Atlanta (GA): Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and National Cancer Institute; 2013. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/uscs. (full site)