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Cervical Cancer - Statistics
 
STATISTICS
  • According to National Cancer Registry, 12,064 cancer cases were diagnosed among Malaysian females in the year 2003.
  • Cervical cancer is second common cancer among women after breast cancer.
  • A total of 1557 cases (12.9%) of cervix cancer recorded  (
  • Cervical cancer incidence increases from 12.0 % in year 2002 to 12.9% in year 2003.
  • Females from age 40-49 have the highest percentage of cervical cancer (28.2%).
  • Chinese women have the highest percentage of cervical cancer (56.4%). It is followed by Malay (32.8%) and Indian (10.8%).

 

Cervical Cancer Cases (%) per 100,000 Population by Ethnic Group

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Percentage of Cervical Cancer per 100,000 population by Age