Cervical Cancer
22 February 2023
Introduction
Cervical cancer was the seventh commonest cancer among females in Hong Kong and accounted for 3.2% of all new cancer cases in females in 2020.
Incidence
In 2020, 556 new cases of cervical cancer were diagnosed and the crude incidence rate was 13.7 per 100 000 female population. The age-standardised incidence rate* was 8.5 per 100 000 standard population.
Number of new cases and crude incidence rate of cervical cancer, 1983-2000 （View）
Number of new cases and crude incidence rate of cervical cancer, 2001-2020 （View）
Mortality
Cervical cancer was the eighth leading cause of female cancer deaths in Hong Kong. In 2021, a total of 178 women died from this cancer, accounting for 2.8% of female cancer deaths. The crude death rate of cervical cancer was 4.4 per 100 000 female population. The age-standardised death rate* of cervical cancer was 2.2 per 100 000 standard population.
Number of registered deaths and crude death rate of cervical cancer, 1981-2000 （View）
Number of registered deaths and crude death rate of cervical cancer, 2001-2021 （View）
Trends of incidence and mortality
The age-standardised incidence rate of cervical cancer had a downward trend over the past 38 years (average annual percentage change (AAPC)# between 1983 and 2020: -2.6%), while an upward trend was observed over the past 10 years (AAPC between 2011 and 2020: 1.2%).
The age-standardised death rate had a downward trend over the past 41 years (AAPC between 1981 and 2021: -2.4%), while no significant trend was observed over the past 10 years.
Age-standardised incidence and death rates of cervical cancer, 1981-2021
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Age-standardised 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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Data in the above charts from 1996 onwards are compiled based on the population estimates under the "resident population" approach instead of the "extended de facto" approach. Also, the 2021 Population Census conducted from June to August 2021 provides a benchmark for revising the population figures complied since 2016 Population By-census. Population-related figures from 2017 to 2020 have been revised accordingly. |
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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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Census and Statistics Department |
Cervical cancer corresponds to codes 180 in ICD-9 and C53 in ICD-10.
For more information about cancer statistics in Hong Kong, please visit the website of the Hong Kong Cancer Registry.
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