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Incidence of Cervical Cancer by Race/Ethnicity, New Jersey, 2010 to 2020
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Why Is This Important?
Cervical cancer is the easiest gynecologic cancer to prevent with regular screening tests and followup. It also is highly curable when found and treated early.1
Definition
Age-adjusted incidence rate of invasive cervical cancer in females per 100,000 standard population. ICD-O-3 codes: C53.0-C53.9 (excl. types 9590-9992)
Data Notes
- Data have been age-adjusted to the U.S. 2000 standard population.
- This is Healthy New Jersey 2020 objective CA-10.
Data for Whites, Blacks, and Asians/Pacific Islander include Hispanics and non-Hispanics. Race misclassification could result in an underestimate of Asian/Pacific Islander incidence and should be interpreted with caution.
2020 data are considered preliminary and should not be used in trend analyses; an approximate 10% decrease in the number of cancer cases diagnosed in 2020 compared to 2019, is partly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Patients experienced difficulties scheduling medical appointments and cancer screening tests in 2020.
Data Sources
- SEER*Stat, National Center Institute
(https://www.seer.cancer.gov/seerstat) - Bridged-race population estimates, National Cancer Institute
(https://seer.cancer.gov/popdata/)
How the Measure is Calculated
Numerator:
Number of new cases of invasive cervical cancer diagnosed among femalesDenominator:
Estimated number of females in the population
Related Health Objectives and Indicators
Health Initiative: HP2020
Healthy People 2020 Objective C-10
U.S. Target: Reduce invasive uterine cervical cancer to 7.3 new cases per 100,000 females by 2020.0
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/cancer
Health Initiative: HNJ2020
Healthy NJ 2020 Objective CA-10
NJ Target: Reduce invasive cervical cancer cases to 7.2 per 100,000 females (age-adjusted) for the total population, 3.2 for Asians, 9 for Blacks, 7.8 for Hispanics, and 6.4 for Whites by 2020.0
https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/cancer.shtml
Health Care System Factors
See https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/cervical-cancer-screening for cervical cancer screening recommendations.See https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/acip-recs/vacc-specific/hpv.html#recs for HPV vaccination recommendations.