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An age-standardized rate (ASR) is a summary measure of the rate that would have been observed if the population had a standard age structure. Standardization is necessary when comparing several populations that differ with respect to age, because age has a strong influence on the risk of cancer. An ASR is a weighted mean of the age-specific rates; the weighting is based on the population distribution of a standard population. The most frequently used standard population is the World (W) Standard Population. The calculated incidence rate is then called the age-standardized incidence or mortality rate (W), and is expressed per 100 000 person-years. The World Standard Population used in GLOBOCAN was first proposed by Segi (1960)a and later modified by Doll et al. (1966)b.

Reported rate of new cervical cancer cases
Reported number of new cervical cases per 100,000 women, based on data from cancer registries. Comparisons may be affected by differences in measurement, including screening and diagnosis.
Source
Global Cancer Observatory (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Last updated
October 13, 2024
Next expected update
October 2025
Date range
1943–2020
Unit
per 100,000 women

Sources and processing

This data is based on the following sources

Cancer Over Time presents international trends in cancer-specific incidence and mortality rates. The incidence data are based on high-quality cancer incidence data, as recorded by one or more subnational or national population-based cancer registries that are included in the Cancer Incidence in Five Continents (CI5) CI5plus database. National cancer mortality data were extracted from the World Health Organization (WHO) Mortality Database.

These trends are presented for 33 cancer sites, by year, sex, and age group, and for the longest possible period with reasonably representative data. In addition to the incidence data extracted from CI5 volumes, Cancer Over Time also updates the national incidence data as published on national websites or via collaborative studies with prior agreement, for example NORDCAN.

Depending on the data source, some cancer incidence and/or mortality data may not be available for the entire period or for some specific cancer site. When incidence data are available from subnational population-based cancer registries, these have been pooled to obtain a sample of the country for the longest possible common period. The coverage of the group is given in the “Population” menu option. Vital registration data may cover 100% of the population within a country but not include complete coverage of deaths in the country. Caution in interpretation is therefore advised. Changes in certification and coding of cause of death (introduction of a new revision of the International Classification of Diseases [ICD]) could affect the comparability of the mortality data over time. The demographic information (population) used to compute the national mortality rates is provided by the United Nations (UN),World Population Prospects, the 2019 revision, except for Singapore, Cyprus, Serbia, UK (England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland). Data source - WHO database. The UN population estimates may differ slightly from those prepared by national authorities and from those prepared by WHO, in particular for the countries with incomplete vital registration systems. The age-standardized rates are adjusted to the World Standard Population (1966); see the “Glossary” menu option.

Linear interpolation was applied to fill in missing mortality data under certain conditions. It was used when fewer than four consecutive years of data were missing, and if the missing data occurred after 1975 for medium- and high-quality mortality data, or after 2010 for low-quality mortality data.

This specific dataset includes data on age-standardized incidence rates of cervical cancer amongst women between 1943 and 2020 for 52 countries.

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October 13, 2024
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https://gco.iarc.fr/overtime/en/dataviz/trends?populations=752_32_36_40_48_112_124_152_156_170_188_191_196_203_208_218_233_246_250_276_352_356_372_380_376_392_414_428_410_440_470_474_528_554_578_608_616_630_634_705_724_756_764_792_800_840_8260_8261_8262_8263_8401_8402&sexes=2&types=0&multiple_populations=1&group_populations=0&cancers=16
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Ervik M, Lam F, Laversanne M, Colombet M, Ferlay J, Miranda-Filho A, Bray F (2024). Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Over Time. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.who.int/overtime , accessed [13 October 2024]

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Global Cancer Observatory (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. “Reported rate of new cervical cancer cases” [dataset]. Global Cancer Observatory, “Cancer over time - Cervical cancer” [original data]. Retrieved October 22, 2024 from https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/reported-rate-of-new-cervical-cancer-cases