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Cervical Cancer

24 February 2025

Introduction

Cervical cancer was the ninth commonest cancer among females in Hong Kong and accounted for 2.9% of all new cancer cases in females in 2022.

Incidence

In 2022, 522 new cases of cervical cancer were diagnosed. The crude incidence rate of cervical cancer was 13.1 per 100 000 female population. The age-standardised incidence rate* of cervical cancer was 7.8 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 2022 (View)

Mortality

Cervical cancer was the ninth leading cause of female cancer deaths in Hong Kong. In 2023, a total of 173 women died from this cancer, accounting for 2.7% of female cancer deaths. The crude death rate of cervical cancer was 4.2 per 100 000 female population. The age-standardised death rate* of cervical cancer was 2.1 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 2023 (View)

Trends of incidence and mortality

The age-standardised incidence rate of cervical cancer had a downward trend over the past 40 years (average annual percentage change (AAPC)# between 1983 and 2022: -2.4%), while an upward trend was observed over the past 10 years (AAPC between 2013 and 2022: 1.0%).

The age-standardised death rate of cervical cancer had a downward trend over the past 43 years (AAPC between 1981 and 2023: -2.3%), while no significant trend was observed over the past 10 years.

Age-standardised incidence and death rates of cervical cancer, 1981 to 2023

Age-standardised incidence and death rates of cervical cancer, 1981-2023

Notes: * 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.
# 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.
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.
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.
Sources: Census and Statistics Department
Department of Health
Hong Kong Cancer Registry, Hospital Authority


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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