Cervical Cancer Rates Continue to Drop...for Some, not All

The number of women stricken by cancer of the cervix is steadily decreasing. Overall rates of US women diagnosed with invasive cervical cancer declined 17% between 1998 and 2002, though higher rates exist for Hispanic and African-American women, and those who live in the South, according to a new study.

Hispanic women, African-American women, and the women who live in the South, as a result of socio-economic factors, are much less likely to have full access to adequate preventative healthcare; Pap Smear screening and the cervical cancer vaccine.

The cost of the cervical cancer vaccine, for example, is only $360 for three shots over three months.

As a society, we must do more.
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