Statistics
HPV is the leading cause of cervical cancer
Impact of cervical cancer :
United States
Please speak with your physician about the HPV vaccine. The vaccine is an important step in the prevention of cervical cancer, genital warts and other afflictions.
Impact of cervical cancer :
United States
- On average, 10 women die each day from cervical cancer
- Approximately 10,000 new diagnoses each year
- Cervical cancer is the second most common cause of cancer-related deaths among women
- On average, 240,000 women die each year from cervical cancer
- Approximately 500,000 new diagnoses each year
- 90% of genital warts are caused by HPV types 6, 11, 16 & 18
- 25 million women in the United States are infected with HPV
- HPV infects more than 6 million men and women every year
- HPV causes approximately 35-50% of vulvar and vaginal cancers
- One out of every four females in the United States may have HPV
Please speak with your physician about the HPV vaccine. The vaccine is an important step in the prevention of cervical cancer, genital warts and other afflictions.
