India Has Highest Number of Cervical Cancer Cases in Asia, Finds Lancet Study

India has the highest number of cervical cancer cases in Asia, followed by China, according to a latest Lancet study on the disease. According to the research, of the total number of deaths due to cervical cancer, 23 percent were in India, and 17 percent in China.

Why this matters: Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women in the world, and the second most common in India.

The big numbers: In 2020,

• There were 6,04,127 new cases of cervical cancer

• 3,41,831 deaths occurred due to the disease

• 21 percent of the total cases were in India

• 58 percent of all cases of cervical cancer globally were from Asia

• Only 10 percent of the cases were in Europe and Latin America