Cervical Cancer
23 January 2026
Introduction
Cervical cancer was the seventh commonest cancer among females in Hong Kong and accounted for 3.0% of all new cancer cases in females in 2023.
Incidence
In 2023, 576 new cases of cervical cancer were diagnosed. The crude incidence rate of cervical cancer was 14.0 per 100 000 female population. The age-standardised incidence rate* of cervical cancer was 8.4 per 100 000 standard population.
Number of new cases and crude incidence rate of cervical cancer, 1983 to 2000 （View）
Number of new cases and crude incidence rate of cervical cancer, 2001 to 2023 （View）
Mortality
Cervical cancer was the ninth leading cause of female cancer deaths in Hong Kong. In 2024, a total of 160 women died from this cancer, accounting for 2.5% of female cancer deaths. The crude death rate of cervical cancer was 3.9 per 100 000 female population. The age-standardised death rate* of cervical cancer was 1.8 per 100 000 standard population.
Number of registered deaths and crude death rate of cervical cancer, 1981 to 2000 （View）
Number of registered deaths and crude death rate of cervical cancer, 2001 to 2024 （View）
Trends of incidence and mortality
The age-standardised incidence rate of cervical cancer had a downward trend over the past 41 years (average annual percentage change (AAPC)# between 1983 and 2023: -2.4%), while an upward trend was observed over the past 10 years (AAPC between 2014 and 2023: 0.9%).
The age-standardised death rate of cervical cancer had a downward trend over the past 44 years (AAPC between 1981 and 2024: -2.3%), and over the past 10 years (AAPC between 2015 and 2024: -0.6%).
Age-standardised incidence and death rates of cervical cancer, 1981 to 2024
| Notes : | Classification of diseases and causes of death is based on the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) 10th Revision from 2001 onwards. Figures from 2001 onwards may not be comparable with figures for previous years which were compiled based on the ICD 9th Revision. |
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| * | Age-standardised incidence / death rates are compiled based on the world standard population specified in GPE Discussion Paper Series: No.31, EIP/GPE/EBD, World Health Organization, 2001. |
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| # | AAPC of age-standardised incidence / death rates is a summary measure of the trends in the age-standardised incidence / death rates over a specified interval estimated from joinpoint regression. |
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| Sources : | Census and Statistics Department Department of Health Hong Kong Cancer Registry, Hospital Authority |
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Cervical cancer corresponds to codes 180 in ICD-9 and C53 in ICD-10.
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