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Deaths due to Cervical Cancer by Race/Ethnicity, New Jersey, 2000 to 2020
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Why Is This Important?
Cervical cancer is highly preventable because screening tests and a vaccine to prevent human papillomavirus (HPV) infections are available. When cervical cancer is found early, it is highly treatable and associated with long survival and good quality of life.1
Definition
Deaths with malignant neoplasm (cancer) of the cervix uteri as the underlying cause of death ICD-10 code: C53
Data Notes
- Data have been age-adjusted to the U.S. 2000 standard population.
- This is a Healthy New Jersey 2020 (HNJ2020) Objective CA-4.
Data for White and Black do not include Hispanics. The number of deaths among Asian women is too small to calculate reliable rates.
Data Sources
- Death Certificate Database, Office of Vital Statistics and Registry, New Jersey Department of Health
(https://www.nj.gov/health/vital/) - Population Estimates, State Data Center, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development
(https://www.nj.gov/labor/labormarketinformation/demographics/population-household-estimates/)
How the Measure is Calculated
Numerator:
Number of deaths among females due to cancer of the uterine cervixDenominator:
Estimated number of females in the population
Related Health Objectives and Indicators
Health Initiative: HP2020
Healthy People 2020 Objective C-4
U.S. Target: Reduce the death rate from cancer of the uterine cervix to 2.2 deaths per 100,000 females (age-adjusted) by 2020.0
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/cancer
Health Initiative: HNJ2020
Healthy NJ 2020 Objective CA-4
NJ Target: Reduce uterine cervix cancer deaths to 1.8 per 100,000 females (age-adjusted) for the total population, 3.6 for Blacks, and 1.6 for Whites by 2020.0
https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/cancer.shtml
Health Initiative: CDI
Chronic Disease Indicator CAN03
Description: Cervical cancer mortality among all females, underlying cause
https://www.cdc.gov/cdi/indicator-definitions/cancer.html
Relevant Population Characteristics
Sociodemographic characteristics associated with delays in follow-up care for abnormal cervical cancer screening results in New Jersey include nativity (Tsui et al., 2019.).Health Care System Factors
Women who have had an HPV vaccine still need to undergo cervical cancer screening because the vaccine does not fully protect against all the strains of the virus and other risk factors that can cause cervical cancer.See https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/cervical-cancer-screening for cervical cancer screening recommendations.