Cervical cancer is one of the 10 most common diseases affecting women in China. Although the average national estimates of the cervical cancer burden in China are low, the burden may be underestimated because the prevalence of the human papillomavirus (HPV) is high. Cervical cancer mortality is heterogeneous across geographic settings (Li, Kang, and Qiao 2011); it is highest among poor women living in Gansu, Shanxi, and Shaanxi, the least developed provinces in central and western China.
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