| It is normal to want to find out about the | | | | the 25 to 29 age group. |
| statistics of something, especially cancer, if you, a | | | | The two factors that come into play when |
| friend or a family member has been recently | | | | beating cancer are the stage of cancer they are |
| diagnosed. Well, the fact is, first of all, you, or that | | | | at and the person's age. If the cancer is |
| person, where not the only ones today to be | | | | diagnosed in what is known as the pre-cancerous |
| diagnosed. In the United States alone, 11,150 | | | | stage, which is when the abnormal cells of cancer |
| women this year will be diagnosed with invasive | | | | are discovered, but haven't turned cancerous yet, |
| cervical cancer. That is roughly 30 females a day, | | | | almost every women will be treated and cured. |
| every day, for a year, in America alone. | | | | Statistically, it is a 92%. From a medical viewpoint, |
| In the United Kingdom, the statistics of diagnoses | | | | this is called a "5 year survival rate". This doesn't |
| in 2003 where 24,105, which is double the | | | | mean that the women who were diagnosed lives |
| American count in 2007. The following year, the | | | | for 5 years and then dies, but that the woman |
| number increased to 2,726, causing the UK to | | | | lives at least five years after their initial |
| account for about 2% of all female cancers, and | | | | treatment. |
| making Cervical Cancer specifically the twelfth | | | | Generally, if a person lives for 5 years without |
| most common cancer in women. | | | | the cancer recurring, the chances of it coming |
| As far as death goes, in 2005, there were 1,061 | | | | back are very small. The overall statistic is that 7 |
| deaths from Cervical Cancer in the UK. So out of | | | | out of 10 women will survive the 5 years. In low |
| the roughly 60 women who were diagnosed in | | | | developing countries where Pap Smears are not |
| one day, only 2 didn't make it, which is not bad. | | | | regularly done; the survival rate can drop down to |
| From 1955 to 1992 the death rate has dropped | | | | 40% |
| slowly from 74%. Women are going more | | | | The one-year survival rate in the UK was just |
| regularly for Pap Smear tests, which reduces their | | | | over 40% a decade ago. The five-year wasn't |
| chances of dying from cervical cancer. The earlier | | | | that much higher. In comparison, for women |
| the cancer is discovered, the higher the rate of | | | | diagnosed in 2000, the odds have been increased |
| getting rid of it. Currently the death rate of | | | | by 20% to 60%. In the last 7 years, their |
| cervical cancer is on 4%. | | | | chances have just been improving further. |
| The chances are higher that you will be diagnosed | | | | Every year the statistics are getting better and |
| during your midlife. About half of woman will be | | | | compared to other cancers, cervical is becoming |
| diagnosed between the ages of 35 and 55. | | | | less and less of a concern as the general |
| Because, as women get older they don't realize | | | | awareness of it grows. It might seem just |
| that their risk of getting cervical cancer is still high, | | | | another thing to do every year along with the |
| slightly over 20% of women over the age of 65 | | | | local visit to your GP and the dentist, but the Pap |
| get diagnosed. In the UK, 91% of all cases of | | | | Smear doesn't take that long. Especially it you |
| diagnosed Cervical Cancer are of women who are | | | | consider you've the rest of your life as the |
| under the age of 45, the peak incidence being in | | | | reward for doing it. |