January is Cervical Cancer Screening Month

Did you know?

-11% of US women report that they do not have their Pap test screenings
-In the US, About 10,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer each year and about 3,700 women die in the US each year from this disease
-Women in developing countries account for about 85 percent of both the yearly cases of cervical cancer (estimated at 473,000 cases worldwide) and the yearly deaths from cervical cancer (estimated at 253,500 deaths worldwide).
-In the majority of developing countries, cervical cancer remains the number-one cause of cancer-related deaths among women.

Now that a cervical cancer vaccine is available, 70% of cervical cancers can be prevented with widespread adoption of the vaccine program. In addition, the availability of improved Pap test screening plus a test for the virus that causes almost all cervical cancer—the Human papillomavirus, or HPV—means that no women need die from this preventable cancer.

Early detection saves lives.

Sign up for a yearly reminder at the Cervical Cancer Campaign website.