Category: cervical cancer

Cervical Health Awareness Month

This month is Cervical Health Awareness Month. Cervical cancer is one of the most common causes of cancer death among U.S. women. From 1999-2013, there were 60,378 deaths from cervical cancer with 4,217 deaths in 2013. The age-adjusted death rate per 100,000 for U.S. women dropped from 2.8 in 1999 to 2.3 in 2013. The cervical death Read More >

January 30, 2015 by NCHS

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January is cervical cancer awareness month…

Cervical cancer once was the leading cause of cancer death for women in the U.S., and although the cases and deaths of cervical cancer have decreased over the past 40 years due largely to regular Pap tests, the disease still was responsible for almost 4,000 deaths in 2006 (most recent data available). The rates vary somewhat, but Read More >

January 6, 2010 by NCHS

Cancer, Deaths, WONDER

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