Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women worldwide and the fifth most common type cancer among women in Singapore (cervical cancer has a 50 percent fatality rate – approximately 200 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer in Singapore each year, out of which an estimated 100 will die.) It is a leading cause of cancer-related death in women in underdeveloped countries. Approximately 500,000 cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed worldwide each year.

Fact: 13.9 women per 100,000 population with cervical cancer in Singapore 1993-97 (Surveillance and Risk Assessment Division, CCDP, Health Canada)


Resource/Link: http://www.cureresearch.com/c/cervical_cancer/prevalence.htm