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. 2022 Jul 12;10(8):e1115–e1127. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00241-8

Table 2.

Estimates of cervical cancer screening coverage in women aged 30–49 years in 2019

Screening in the previous year
Screening in the previous 3 years
Screening in the previous 5 years
Screening ever in lifetime
Number of screened women in millions, N (95% CI) Coverage, % (95% CI) Number of screened women in millions, N (95% CI) Coverage, % (95% CI) Number of screened women in millions, N (95% CI) Coverage, % (95% CI) Number of screened women in millions, N (95% CI) Coverage, % (95% CI)
Global screening coverage 159·6 (142·0–179·0) 15% (14–17) 292·4 (259·9–327·4) 28% (25–32) 329·8 (295·0–367·2) 32% (29–36) 369·7 (332·2–409·9) 36% (32–40)
Coverage by country income level
High income 66·8 (57·1–77·3) 42% (36–49) 110·9 (95·7–127·5) 70% (61–81) 121·2 (104·8–139·0) 77% (66–88) 132·6 (114·8–151·8) 84% (73–96)
LMICs 92·8 (78·1–109·6) 11% (9–13) 181·5 (153·3–213·3) 21% (18–24) 208·6 (178·2–242·8) 24% (20–28) 237·1 (204·2–274·1) 27% (23–31)
Upper-middle-income 76·2 (61·9–92·5) 19% (15–23) 151·6 (124·8–183·2) 38% (31–45) 172·6 (143·7–206·1) 43% (36–51) 194·4 (163·0–230·3) 48% (40–57)
Lower-middle-income 14·8 (12·5–17·2) 4% (3–4) 25·0 (22·0–28·1) 6% (6–7) 29·5 (26·1–33·2) 7% (7–8) 34·4 (30·4–38·7) 9% (8–10)
Low-income 1·9 (1·5–2·4) 3% (2–3) 4·9 (4·2–5·7) 7% (6–8) 6·5 (5·7–7·5) 9% (8–10) 8·2 (7·2–9·4) 11% (10–13)
Coverage by SDG regions and subregions
Sub-Saharan Africa 4·3 (3·3–5·6) 4% (3–5) 9·6 (8·0–11·4) 9% (7–11) 12·8 (10·7–15·1) 12% (10–14) 15·9 (13·4–18·7) 15% (12–17)
Eastern Africa 1·2 (0·9–1·5) 3% (2–3) 2·7 (2·3–3·1) 6% (5–7) 3·8 (3·3–4·3) 9% % (7–10) 4·8 (4·2–5·5) 11% (10–13)
Middle Africa 0·3 (0·2–0·5) 2% (1–3) 1·2 (0·9–1·6) 7% (5–9) 1·6 (1·2–2·1) 10% (7–13) 2·0 (1·5–2·6) 12% (9–16)
Southern Africa 2·0 (1·2–3·0) 22% (13–32) 3·2 (2·0–4·4) 34% (21–47) 4·0 (2·5–5·5) 42% (27–58) 4·7 (3·0–6·6) 50% (32–70)
Western Africa 0·8 (0·5–1·4) 2% (1–4) 2·6 (1·7–3·8) 7% (4–10) 3·5 (2·3–5·1) 9% (6–13) 4·4 (2·9–6·4) 11% (7–16)
Northern Africa and Western Asia 5·6 (4·8–6·6) 8% (7–10) 11·6 (9·2–14·2) 17% (14–21) 16·5 (12·4–20·9) 24% (18–31) 19·1 (14·3–24·2) 28% (21–36)
Northern Africa 1·5 (1·1–1·8) 5% (4–6) 2·4 (2·0–2·8) 8% (6–9) 2·6 (2·2–3·0) 8% (7–9) 2·8 (2·3–3·2) 9% (7–10)
Western Asia 4·1 (3·3–5·0) 11% (9–14) 9·1 (6·7–11·6) 25% (19–32) 13·8 (9·8–18·1) 38% (27–50) 16·1 (11·5–21·1) 45% (32–59)
Central and Southern Asia 10·2 (7·8–12·9) 4% (3–5) 14·2 (11·6–17·1) 5% (4–6) 16·4 (13·6–19·5) 6% (5–7) 18·7 (15·6–22·0) 7% (6–8)
Central Asia 0·8 (0·6–1·1) 8% (6–11) 1·9 (1·6–2·2) 19% (16–22) 2·9 (2·4–3·5) 29% (24–35) 3·4 (2·8–4·0) 34% (28–40)
Southern Asia 9·4 (7·0–11·9) 4% (3–5) 12·3 (9·7–14·9) 5% (4–6) 13·5 (10·7–16·3) 5% (4–6) 15·3 (12·2–18·3) 6% (5–7)
Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 44·4 (31·4–59·6) 13% (9–17) 91·7 (67·2–120·0) 27% (20–35) 100·5 (74·6–130·2) 29% (22–38) 109·4 (82·0–140·8) 32% (24–41)
Eastern Asia 38·3 (26·2–51·9) 15% (11–21) 77·7 (54·9–101·9) 31% (22–41) 82·3 (58·3–107·8) 33% (24–44) 87·8 (62·5–114·7) 36% (25–46)
South-Eastern Asia 6·1 (4·8–7·6) 6% (5–8) 14·0 (11·6–16·6) 15% (12–18) 18·2 (15·0–21·6) 19% (16–23) 21·6 (17·8–25·6) 23% (19–27)
Latin America and Caribbean 27·2 (23·4–31·1) 29% (25–34) 50·0 (42·8–57·5) 54% (46–62) 56·5 (48·2–65·1) 61% (52–71) 67·8 (57·1–79·1) 74% (62–86)
Caribbean 2·0 (1·6–2·4) 36% (28–43) 3·2 (2·6–3·9) 58% (47–70) 3·6 (2·9–4·3) 64% (52–77) 3·9 (3·2–4·6) 70% (56–83)
Central America 9·7 (7·0–12·5) 39% (28–50) 16·6 (11·8–21·7) 67% (48–87) 18·8 (13·4–24·7) 76% (54–99) 21·4 (15·2–28·0) 86% (61–100)
South America 15·5 (13·4–17·8) 25% (22–29) 30·2 (25·7–35·0) 49% (42–57) 34·1 (28·8–39·8) 55% (47–64) 42·5 (34·8–51·4) 69% (56–83)
Oceania* 32·2k(21·6k–46·3k) 2% (2–3) 84·6k(70·1k–100·3k) 6% (5–7) 110·9k(92·6k–130·1k) 8% (7–9) 147·8k (121·7k–176·5k) 11% (9–13)
Melanesia 16·4k (6·9k–29·7k) 1% (0·5–2) 47·8k (38·3k–59·0k) 4% (3–5) 65·7k (54·2k–78·0k) 5% (4–6) 94·1k (76·1k–114·5k) 7% (6–9)
Micronesia 5·1k (4·1k–6·2k) 13% (10–15) 8·5k (7·3k–9·8k) 21% (18–24) 10·1k (8·9k–11·5k) 25% (22–28) 11·8k (10·3k–13·4k) 29% (25–33)
Polynesia 10·7k (7·7k–13·9k) 13% (10–17) 28·2k (20·4k–36·5k) 35% (25–45) 35·1k (25·3k–45·7k) 43% (31–56) 41·8k (30·1k–54·9k) 51% (37–67)
Australia and New Zealand 1·1 (0·9–1·3) 27% (21–33) 2·9 (2·3–3·5) 71% (56–86) 3·5 (2·8–4·2) 85% (67–100) 3·9 (3·1–4·8) 96% (76–100)
Europe and Northern America 66·7 (57·1–77·2) 44% (38–51) 112·3 (96·8–129·2) 74% (64–85) 123·5 (106·6–141·6) 81% (70–93) 134·9 (116·7–154·4) 89% (77–100)
Eastern Europe 17·6 (13·9–21·8) 39% (31–49) 31·2 (24·7–38·3) 70% (55–86) 34·7 (27·4–42·6) 78% (61–95) 38·2 (30·1–46·9) 85% (67–100)
Northern Europe 4·7 (3·5–6·1) 34% (25–44) 9·7 (7·2–12·2) 70% (52–88) 11·1 (8·4–14·0) 80% (61–100) 12·7 (9·6–15·9) 91% (69–100)
Southern Europe 9·4 (7·4–11·7) 44% (34–54) 16·2 (12·9–19·9) 75% (60–92) 17·8 (14·2–21·7) 83% (66–100) 19·2 (15·4–23·4) 89% (71–100)
Western Europe 12·9 (10·2–15·5) 52% (41–62) 19·0 (15·4–22·5) 76% (62–91) 21·0 (17·1–24·9) 85% (69–100) 23·4 (19·1–27·5) 94% (77–100)
Northern America 22·1 (14·9–29·8) 47% (32–63) 36·4 (24·8–48·5) 77% (53–100) 39·0 (26·6–52·1) 83% (57–100) 41·7 (28·5–55·7) 89% (61–100)
Coverage by WHO region
African region 5·0 (3·9–6·4) 4% (3–6) 10·4 (8·7–12·2) 9% (8–11) 13·6 (11·5–15·9) 12% (10–14) 16·8 (14·2–19·6) 15% (13–17)
European region 48·0 (42·2–54·2) 37% (32–41) 84·9 (75·4–94·7) 65% (58–72) 98·7 (87·9–109·6) 75% (67–84) 109·6 (97·8–121·7) 84% (75–93)
Eastern Mediterranean region 6·8 (5·0–9·0) 8% (6–10) 9·8 (7·6–12·4) 11% (9–14) 11·3 (8·9–14·1) 13% (10–16) 13·1 (10·3–16·2) 15% (12–18)
Region of the Americas 49·3 (40·4–59·1) 35% (29–42) 86·4 (71·6–102·5) 62% (51–74) 95·5 (79·4–113·0) 69% (57–81) 109·4 (91·1–129·1) 79% (65–93)
South-East Asia region 8·7 (6·9–10·6) 3% (3–4) 15·4 (12·9–18·1) 6% (5–7) 19·0 (15·9–22·4) 7% (6–8) 22·1 (18·4–25·9) 8% (7–9)
Western Pacific region 41·8 (28·7–56·8) 15% (10–20) 85·5 (60·7–113·0) 30% (21–40) 91·7 (65·5–120·8) 32% (23–42) 98·7 (71·1–129·4) 35% (25–45)

SDG=UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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Excluding Australia and New Zealand.