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BioMed Central, BMC Public Health, 1(9), 2009

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-62

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Inequalities in the incidence of cervical cancer in South East England 2001-2005: an investigation of population risk factors.

Journal article published in 2009 by Lg Currin, Rh Jack ORCID, Km Linklater, Vivian Mak, Henrik Moller, Ea Davies
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Abstract Background The incidence of cervical cancer varies dramatically, both globally and within individual countries. The age-standardised incidence of cervical cancer was compared across primary care trusts (PCTs) in South East England, taking into account the prevalence of known behavioural risk factors, screening coverage and the deprivation of the area. Methods Data on 2,231 cases diagnosed between 2001 and 2005 were extracted from the Thames Cancer Registry, and data on risk factors and screening coverage were collated from publicly available sources. Age-standardised incidence rates were calculated for each PCT using cases of squamous cell carcinoma in the screening age group (25–64 years). Results The age-standardised incidence rate for cervical cancer in South East England was 6.7 per 100,000 population (European standard) but varied 3.1 fold between individual PCTs. Correlations between the age-standardised incidence rate and smoking prevalence, teenage conception rates, and deprivation were highly significant at the PCT level ( p