Reduced cervical cancer incidence and mortality in Canada: national data from 1932 to 2006

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Table 1 Reduction in age specific mortality rates from invasive cervical cancer in Canada: 1952 – 2006 and 1972 – 2006

Age Group	1952 – 1956		1972 – 1976		2002 – 2006		1952 – 2006	1972 – 2006
	Deaths	Rate (Per 100,000)	Deaths	Rate (Per 100,000)	Deaths	Rate (Per 100,000)	% Mortality Rate Reduction	% Mortality Rate Reduction
15 to 19	0	0	*	*	0	0.0	--*	--*
20 to 24	9	0.3	5	0.1	9	0.2	--*	--*
25 to 29	51	1.7	30	0.6	31	0.6	--*	--*
30 to 34	137	4.7	66	1.8	65	1.2	75	32
35 to 39	223	8.3	121	3.8	105	1.7	79	54
40 to 44	337	14.3	167	5.3	172	2.5	82	52
45 to 49	417	21.0	280	8.9	197	3.1	85	66
50 to 54	357	21.0	303	10.1	223	3.9	81	61
55 to 59	325	21.9	326	12.9	186	3.8	82	70
60 to 64	357	28.2	319	14.3	145	3.9	86	73
65 to 69	311	28.5	281	15.6	141	4.6	84	70
70 to 74	238	27.7	244	17.6	149	5.4	81	70
75 to 79	176	32.9	234	23.2	145	6.0	82	74
80 to 84	81	28.3	135	20.9	155	8.3	71	60

*Deaths, mortality rate and mortality reduction is not provided due to small numbers of cases and the resulting susceptibility to spurious variation.

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