TABLE 3. Incidence of cervical cancer in 2012 for selected Latin American and Caribbean countries without an HPV vaccination program at end of 2014.
Country (ref.) |
Cervical cancer rate per 100 000 |
Cases (no.) |
Deaths (no.) |
|---|---|---|---|
Bolivia (21) |
47.7 |
2 029 |
845 |
Nicaragua |
36.2 |
934 |
424 |
Venezuela |
32.8 |
4 973 |
1 789 |
Dominican Republic (22) |
30.7 |
1 507 |
600 |
29.4 |
991 |
417 |
|
Jamaica |
26.3 |
392 |
185 |
Haiti |
24.9 |
1 048 |
575 |
El Salvador |
24.8 |
823 |
388 |
Trinidad and Tobagobb |
24.5 |
209 |
105 |
Guatemala |
22.3 |
1 393 |
672 |
Cuba |
17.1 |
1 287 |
569 |
Costa Rica |
11.4 |
297 |
116 |
Total |
|
15 883 |
6 685 |
Source: GLOBOCAN 2012 (http://globocan.iarc.fr/Default.aspx).
a
Since 2016, Honduras has had universal HPV vaccination among female adolescents.
b
Trinidad and Tobago introduced a school-based HPV vaccination program for girls 11-13 years old in 2013, but it was suspended later that same year.