A19 Incidence of cervical cancer

Table A19.1: Cervical cancer incidence, by age, 2021

Age group

New cases

Crude rate

25–29

31

3.4

30–34

93

9.7

35–39

164

17.5

40–44

112

13.4

45–49

128

15.4

50–54

85

10.4

55–59

74

9.4

60–64

88

11.7

65–69

64

9.7

70–74

47

7.9

25–74

886

11.0

All ages

957

7.4

Note: Crude rate is number of new cases of cervical cancer per 100,000 females in the population.

Source: AIHW Australian Cancer Database 2021.

Table A19.2: Cervical cancer incidence, by state and territory, women aged 25–74, 2017–2021

State and territory

New cases

Crude rate

AS rate

NSW

1,268

10.1

10.4

Vic

998

9.8

10.0

Qld

1,086

13.7

14.2

WA

399

9.6

9.9

SA

329

11.9

12.9

Tas

105

12.0

12.7

ACT

49

7.1

7.3

NT

51

13.4

13.6

Australia

4,286

10.8

11.2

Note: Crude rate is the number of new cases of cervical cancer per 100,000 females in the population. Age-standardised (AS) rate is the number of new cases of cervical cancer per 100,000 females in the population, age-standardised to the Australian population as at 30 June 2001.

Source: AIHW Australian Cancer Database 2021.

Table A19.3: Cervical cancer incidence, by remoteness area, women aged 25–74, 2017–2021

Remoteness area

New cases

Crude rate

AS rate

Major cities

2,893

10.2

10.4

Inner regional

829

11.6

12.5

Outer regional

450

13.7

14.8

Remote

67

14.3

15.0

Very remote

35

13.1

13.5

Australia

4,286

10.8

11.2

Notes

  1. Remoteness classification is based on area of usual residence (Statistical Local Area Level 2) at the time of diagnosis. 
  2. ‘Australia’ does not match the total because some cases were not able to be allocated to a remoteness area.
  3. Crude rate is the number of new cases of cervical cancer per 100,000 females in the population. Age-standardised (AS) rate is the number of new cases of cervical cancer per 100,000 females in the population, age-standardised to the Australian population as at 30 June 2001.

Source: AIHW Australian Cancer Database 2021.

Table A19.4: Cervical cancer incidence, by socioeconomic area, women aged 25–74, 2017–2021

Socioeconomic area

New cases

Crude rate

AS rate

1 (most disadvantaged)

940

12.9

13.6

2

914

11.7

12.2

3

874

10.8

11.3

4

823

10.0

10.2

5 (least disadvantaged)

716

8.9

9.0

Australia

4,286

10.8

11.2

Notes

  1. Socioeconomic area was allocated using the ABS Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage based on area of usual residence 
    (Statistical Local Area Level 2) at the time of diagnosis.
  2.  ‘Australia’ does not match the total because some cases were not able to be allocated to a socioeconomic area.
  3. Crude rate is the number of new cases of cervical cancer per 100,000 females in the population. Age-standardised (AS) rate is the number of new cases of cervical cancer per 100,000 females in the population, age-standardised to the Australian population as at 30 June 2001.

Source: AIHW Australian Cancer Database 2021.

Table A19.5: Incidence of cervical cancer, by year, 1982 to 2021

Year of diagnosis

 New cases 25–74

Crude rate 25–74

AS rate 25–74

New cases All ages

Crude rate All ages

AS rate All ages

World AS rate All ages

1982

871

21.0

21.2

967

12.7

14.3

12.5

1983

903

21.4

21.6

995

12.9

14.4

12.6

1984

894

20.7

20.8

1,015

13.0

14.3

12.5

1985

945

21.5

21.8

1,064

13.5

14.7

13.0

1986

914

20.3

20.8

1,022

12.7

14.0

12.2

1987

971

21.1

21.1

1,101

13.5

14.4

12.6

1988

941

20.0

20.0

1,069

12.9

13.6

12.0

1989

961

20.0

20.2

1,073

12.7

13.5

11.9

1990

982

20.0

20.3

1,102

12.9

13.6

12.0

1991

967

19.4

19.6

1,097

12.7

13.3

11.5

1992

907

17.9

18.1

1,025

11.7

12.2

10.6

1993

900

17.5

17.7

1,014

11.5

11.9

10.4

1994

996

19.1

19.1

1,144

12.8

13.1

11.4

1995

851

16.1

16.0

971

10.7

10.9

9.5

1996

804

14.9

15.0

939

10.3

10.4

9.0

1997

699

12.7

12.8

818

8.8

8.9

7.7

1998

747

13.4

13.4

878

9.4

9.3

8.2

1999

708

12.5

12.5

811

8.6

8.5

7.5

2000

648

11.3

11.3

772

8.1

7.9

6.9

2001

621

10.7

10.7

744

7.7

7.5

6.5

2002

586

9.9

9.9

698

7.1

6.9

6.1

2003

622

10.4

10.4

736

7.4

7.2

6.2

2004

600

9.9

9.9

731

7.3

7.0

6.2

2005

626

10.2

10.2

742

7.3

7.1

6.2

2006

617

9.9

9.9

728

7.1

6.8

6.0

2007

660

10.4

10.4

759

7.2

7.0

6.2

2008

669

10.4

10.4

793

7.4

7.2

6.4

2009

668

10.1

10.2

772

7.1

6.9

6.1

2010

717

10.7

10.7

832

7.5

7.2

6.5

2011

712

10.4

10.5

800

7.1

7.0

6.2

2012

765

11.0

11.2

873

7.6

7.5

6.7

2013

722

10.1

10.3

820

7.1

6.9

6.2

2014

801

11.0

11.2

894

7.6

7.3

6.6

2015

724

9.8

10.1

819

6.8

6.7

6.0

2016

801

10.7

10.9

892

7.3

7.1

6.3

2017

751

9.8

10.2

849

6.9

6.7

5.9

2018

852

10.9

11.3

934

7.4

7.3

6.5

2019

882

11.1

11.5

960

7.5

7.4

6.5

2020

915

11.4

11.8

984

7.6

7.5

6.6

2021

886

11.0

11.2

957

7.4

7.1

6.2

Note: 

  1. Crude rate is the number of new cases of cervical cancer per 100,000 females in the population. Age-standardised (AS) rate is the number of new cases of cervical cancer per 100,000 females in the population, age-standardised to the Australian population as at 30 June 2001.
  2. World AS rate is the number of new cases of cervical cancer per 100,000 females in the population, age-standardised to the WHO World 2015 female population.

Source: AIHW Australian Cancer Database 2021.

Table A19.6: Five-year relative survival from cervical cancer, by age, 2017–2021

Age group

5-year relative survival (%)

20–24

97.7

25–29

89.5

30–34

92.2

35–39

89.3

40–44

82.9

45–49

78.5

50–54

74.2

55–59

70.5

60–64

69.6

65–69

72.1

70–74

47.6

25–74

80.0

All ages

76.8

Note: Relative survival was calculated with the period method, using the period 2017–2021 (Brenner and Gefeller 1996).

Source: AIHW Australian Cancer Database 2021.

Table A19.7: Trend in 5-year relative survival from cervical cancer in women aged 25–74, 1987–1991 to 2017–2021

Year

5-year relative survival (%)

1987–1991

72.8

1992–1996

76.3

1997–2001

76.8

2002–2006

77.0

2007–2011

76.1

2012–2016

77.5

2017–2021

80.0

Note: Relative survival was calculated with the period method, using the period 2017–2021 (Brenner and Gefeller 1996).

Source: AIHW Australian Cancer Database 2021.

Table A19.8: Relative survival at diagnosis and 5-year conditional survival from cervical cancer in women aged 25–74, 2017–2021

Years after diagnosis

Relative survival (%)

Years already 
 survived

5-year conditional 
 relative survival (%)

1

92.9

. .

. .

2

87.3

. .

. .

3

83.5

. .

. .

4

81.1

. .

. .

5

80.0

0

80.0

6

78.8

1

84.9

7

78.0

2

89.3

8

77.2

3

92.4

9

76.6

4

94.5

10

76.0

5

95.0

11

75.5

6

95.8

12

75.0

7

96.3

13

74.8

8

96.9

14

74.5

9

97.2

15

74.4

10

97.8

16

74.1

11

98.2

17

73.4

12

97.8

18

73.2

13

97.9

19

72.8

14

97.7

20

72.3

15

97.2

Note: Relative survival was calculated with the period method, using the period 2017–2021 (Brenner and Gefeller 1996). 

Source: AIHW Australian Cancer Database 2021.

Table A19.9: Prevalence of cervical cancer, by age, end of 2021

Age group

5-year prevalence

10-year prevalence

20–24

3

3

25–29

75

90

30–34

373

526

35–39

649

1,109

40–44

608

1,048

45–49

547

1,012

50–54

423

808

55–59

309

575

60–64

280

506

65–69

227

402

70–74

175

349

75–79

87

176

80–84

68

119

85+

51

98

25–74

3,666

6,425

All ages

3,875

6,821

Source: AIHW Australian Cancer Database 2021.

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