Table 1.
Health indicators related to breast, pelvic, male genital, and prostate examinations, and the primary care workforce
| World | Japan | |
|---|---|---|
| Age-standardized incidence rate for cancer per 100,000 population, 2010 [37] | ||
| Prostate | 37.9 | 56.0a |
| Breast (female only) | 60.8 | 78.4a |
| Uterus | 22.0 | 28.1a |
| Cervix uteri | 11.2 | 14.2a |
| Corpus uteri | 10.4 | 13.5a |
| Ovary | 9.0 | 11.3a |
| Estimated number of new cancer cases attributable to HPV infection, 2008 [11] | 610,000 | 11,000 |
| Herpes simplex virus type 2, population aged 15–49 years, prevalence in millions [38] | 535.5 | 4.8 |
| Cervical cancer screening, percentage women screened aged 20–69 years, 2009 [8] | 85.9 (United States) 78.7 (United Kingdom) 38.9 (Mexico)b |
24.5 |
| Mammography screening, percentage of women aged 50–69 years screened, 2009 [8] | 81.1 (United States) 74.0 (United Kingdom) 16.6 (Mexico) |
23.8 |
| Practicing medical doctors per 1000 population, 2009 [8] | 2.4 (United States) 2.7 (United Kingdom) 2.0 (Mexico) |
2.2 |
| General practitioners, as a share (%) of total medical doctors, 2009 | 12.3 (United States) [8]c
27.1 (United Kingdom) [39]d 36.7 (Mexico) [8]c |
16.7–34.4 [39]d,e |
| Doctor visits per year [18] | 3.9 (United States) 5.9 (United Kingdom) 2.8 (Mexico) |
13.2 |
HPV human papillomavirus
aBased on Japan model population in 1985
bBased on data from 2000
cBased on data from 2009
dBased on data from 2004
eThe primary care workforce in Japan includes many physician types, including internal medicine (41.8 %), ophthalmology (8.0 %), orthopedics (7.2 %), pediatrics (6.8 %), otolaryngology (5.6 %), surgery (5.5 %), obstetrics/gynecology (4.7 %), dermatology (4.7 %), and others (15.6 %)