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Cervical Cancer Among Indian Women
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- Breast, oral and cervical cancer accounted for 32 per cent of the new cases in India.
- India reported over 14.13 lakh new cancer cases and 9.16 lakh deaths in 2022.
- Cancer cases in women marginally outnumbered those in men with 7,22,138, of them affected compared to 6,91,178 men.
- The top five cancers among Indian women were found to be those of breast, cervix, ovary, mouth and colorectum.
- The top five cancers among men were those of the oral cavity, lung, oesophagus, colorectum and stomach.
- Only 1% of women are being screened for cervical cancer in India.
- Many southern States and select States in the Northeast have shown initiative in testing more women.
- In Tamil Nadu, for instance, 7% of women said that they were screened for cervical cancer and 3.8% for breast cancer.
- This was the highest among the two types across States.
- Kerala, Mizoram, Manipur and Maharashtra also crossed the 1% mark under these two types.
- In Andhra Pradesh, 5% of women said that they were screened for oral cancer, the highest for this type of cancer across States.
- On the other hand, only 0.1% of women were screened for any type of cancer in West Bengal, the lowest in India.
- Gujarat too performed poorly with 0.2%.
- Altogether in India, the share of women screened for cervical, breast, and oral cancer stood at 1.2%, 0.6% and 0.7%, respectively, as of 2019-21.
- In contrast, the share of women screened for cervical cancer in advanced economies such as Sweden, Ireland, the U.S. and the U.K. was more than 70%.
- Russia led the list with 93%, followed by 58% in Brazil, and 52% in South Africa.
- In India, Egypt and Ethiopia, coverage was less than 5%.
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