Australian and international researchers suggest that cases of cervical cancer and deaths due to the condition could increase by 20.2% and 39.3%, respectively, by the time we hit 2050. The researchers looked at cervical cancer cases and deaths from 204 countries, spanning over three decades to build their model. There were an estimated 887,000 new cases and 369,000 deaths worldwide in 2023, the team say, and the numbers are forecast to rise, despite the condition being largely preventable. The hardest hit will likely be sub-Saharan Africa, where the numbers could rise by 88.7%, and deaths could rise by 95.4%, to an estimated 206,000 deaths in 2050, the authors add.
Cervical cancer cases and deaths forecast to rise
