Epidemiological aspects of the incidence and mortality of cervical cancer (literature review)

A review of domestic and foreign literature was carried out. Statistical analysis of the available literature showed that at present, despite the improvement of screening programs around the world, there is a steady increase in the incidence and mortality of cervical cancer in women of reproductive age with a high percentage of patients with advanced forms, whose proportion is 32 %. The percentage of deaths during the year since the verification of the disease in 2020 was 12.6 %. In the structure of mortality in the Russian population, malignant diseases occupy the second ranking place, accounting for 13.6 % after diseases of the cardiovascular system – 43.9 %. Diseases of the female reproductive system account for 18.2 %. At the same time, cervical cancer in the overall structure of oncological morbidity occupies the 4th ranking place, and among the organs of the reproductive system – the 2nd place – 13.3 %, yielding to breast cancer (47.8 %). These figures reflect the lack of implemented programs aimed at reducing the incidence of cervical cancer.