Measure Source

National Cancer Institute (NCI), Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program.

National Table

1.4a Rate of cervical cancer incidence per 100,000 women age 20 and over diagnosed at advanced stage (all invasive tumors), United States, 2000 and 2002.

National Data Source

NCI, SEER 13 Registry Database. The ethnicity category uses SEER 13 excluding Alaska.

National Denominator

Number of women age 20 and over.

National Numerator

Number of women age 20 and over with new cervical cancers diagnosed as invasive in the survey years.

State Table

1.4b Cervical cancer incidence rate per 100,000 women age 20 and over diagnosed at advanced stage (regional and distant SEER summary stage), by State, 2001 and 2002.

State Data Source

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR).

State Denominator

Number of women age 20 and over.

State Numerator

Number of women age 20 and over with new cervical cancers diagnosed as invasive in the survey years.

Comments

All rates except as noted are per 100,000 females age 20 and over and are age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard million population by 5-year age groups.

Invasive cervical cancer is defined for this table as cancer that has spread from the surface of the cervix to tissue deeper in the cervix or to other parts of the body.