Figures reflect the number of new cases of invasive cancer per 100,000 women per year. These figures are age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population.
Data are from selected statewide and metropolitan area cancer registries that meet the data quality criteria for all invasive cancer sites combined. See registry-specific data quality information. Rates cover approximately 96% of the U.S. population for 2006 and 2003; 98% for 2005 and 2004; 92% for 2002; 93% for 2001; 91% for 2000; and 90% for 1999.

U.S. Cancer Statistics Working Group. United States Cancer Statistics: 1999-2006 Incidence and Mortality Web-based Report. Atlanta (GA): Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and National Cancer Institute; 2010. Available at http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/uscs/cancersbystateandregion.aspx.

Cervical cancer is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cell changes in the cervix, the lower part of the uterus, which opens into the vagina. Nearly all cervical cancer is caused by 10 to 15 high-risk types of a common sexually transmitted virus called the human papillomavirus (HPV). In most cases, the virus disappears within two years without symptoms or treatment. In a small percentage of women, however, the virus persists and normal cervical cells gradually change into abnormal, precancerous cells (also called cervical lesions).
NA: Not Available.
NSD: Rates are suppressed if fewer than 16 cases were reported.