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In 2012, an estimated 11% of U.S. women had not been screened for cervical cancer in the previous 5 years, according to an MMWR Vital Signs report. CDC researchers examined data on women aged 21 to 65 from the 2012 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, as well as national cancer and mortality registries. Among the other findings:
Roughly one fourth of women without health insurance or without a regular healthcare provider went unscreened.
From 2007 to 2011, age-adjusted cervical cancer incidence rates decreased significantly, by 1.9% per year; however, cervical cancer death rates remained stable.
Southern states had the highest rates of cervical cancer incidence (8.5 per 100,000) and death (2.7 per 100,000), and the lowest rates of scree…