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

Table 3.

Incremental factor and number of women needing to be screened to meet the 70% screening coverage target of women aged 35–45 years, in countries with estimated coverage less than 70%


Screening coverage in the previous 5 years
Incremental needs needed to meet the target of 70% screening coverage
% Number of women aged 35–49 screened Incremental factor Minimum number of women aged 35–49 years to be screened in 5 years
Low-income countries
Benin 0·6% 4702 116·7 561 803
Somalia 2% 17 984 35·0 605 116
Mozambique 3% 60 643 23·3 1 416 946
Ethiopia 3% 259 706 23·3 5 194 122
Mali 5% 62 951 14·0 851 451
Madagascar 5% 99 377 14·0 1 337 771
Chad 5% 47 133 14·0 626 126
Syria 5% 77 844 14·0 1 124 475
Burkina Faso 6% 78 264 11·7 926 691
Nepal 6% 174 543 11·7 1 987 180
Central African Republic 7% 19 066 10·0 197 315
Yemen 8% 164 759 8·8 1 369 503
South Sudan 8% 56 591 8·8 514 427
DR Congo 8% 403 613 8·8 3 766 799
Niger 8% 103 307 8·8 904 329
Burundi 8% 56 004 8·8 474 662
Eritrea 8% 19 604 8·8 163 009
Uganda 8% 220 445 8·8 1 872 034
Haiti 9% 84 785 7·8 675 706
Guinea-Bissau 9% 12 110 7·8 95 778
Sierra Leone 9% 47 670 7·8 379 398
The Gambia 9% 13 204 7·8 104 927
Liberia 10% 34 050 7·0 250 258
Tajikistan 11% 82 788 6·4 506 381
Guinea 11% 88 825 6·4 586 307
Togo 11% 64 484 6·4 424 696
Tanzania 11% 435 839 6·4 2 734 106
Rwanda 12% 117 537 5·8 666 629
Malawi 15% 183 682 4·7 839 585
Afghanistan 15% 349 264 4·7 1 621 711
North Korea 36% 994 884 1·9 1 949 250
Lower-middle-income countries
Pakistan 1% 219 239 70·0 11 699 835
Sudan 1% 40 810 70·0 2 148 730
Timor-Leste 1% 891 70·0 57 262
Côte d'Ivoire 2% 29 938 35·5 1 182 076
Philippines 2% 167 014 35·5 6 692 791
Egypt 2% 175 714 35·0 6 091 946
India 2% 3 181 677 35·0 90 283 238
Papua New Guinea 3% 24 360 23·3 509 639
Ghana 3% 77 809 23·3 1 670 438
Laos 4% 22 622 17·5 430 590
Myanmar 4% 208 598 17·5 4 040 871
Mauritania 6% 18 875 11·7 237 486
Djibouti 6% 5 054 11·7 63 280
Cameroon 6% 100 952 11·7 1 236 689
Bangladesh 6% 1 017 679 11·7 11 524 547
Senegal 9% 105 150 7·8 836 781
Vanuatu 9% 1959 7·8 15 958
Indonesia 10% 2 790 965 7·0 20 350 786
Nigeria 11% 1 534 149 6·4 9 524 026
Comoros 11% 6 733 6·4 43 907
Federated States of Micronesia 11% 1 021 6·4 6291
Uzbekistan 12% 373 145 5·8 2 229 676
Solomon Islands 13% 6 875 5·4 37 850
Kenya 13% 544 403 5·4 2 841 315
Cambodia 14% 209 838 5·0 1 071 677
Congo 15% 61 477 4·7 295 344
Kiribati 15% 1 485 4·7 6725
Lesotho 15% 25 352 4·7 118 211
Palestine 15% 54 538 4·7 247 233
Eswatini 17% 16 087 4·1 67 596
Zambia 17% 201 960 4·1 822 093
Morocco 18% 672 050 3·9 2 600 807
Tunisia 19% 248 244 3·7 902 657
Angola 20% 401 694 3·5 1 409 907
Zimbabwe 20% 227 139 3·5 786 877
São Tomé and Príncipe 21% 3 219 3·3 10 660
Vietnam 26% 2 759 030 2·7 7 329 834
Kyrgyzstan 32% 177 116 2·2 388 056
Bhutan 41% 26 982 1·7 46 329
Cape Verde 43% 21 599 1·6 34 821
Bolivia 52% 506 674 1·3 686 445
Mongolia 52% 174 376 1·3 233 462
Ukraine 57% 2 898 181 1·2 3 535 175
Honduras 67% 572 506 1·0 598 034
Upper-middle-income countries
Tonga 5% 470 14·0 6042
Maldives 6% 2309 11·7 28 989
Gabon 9% 15 921 7·8 121 377
Azerbaijan 11% 112 818 6·4 733 620
Iraq 11% 344 551 6·4 2 158 960
Jordan 12% 107 345 5·8 618 538
Equatorial Guinea 12% 10 152 5·8 57 945
Algeria 15% 669 494 4·7 3 046 145
Fiji 16% 13 752 4·4 58 480
Lebanon 18% 121 892 3·9 479 593
Libya 19% 148 869 3·7 550 198
Guyana 19% 13 696 3·7 49 534
Georgia 21% 86 137 3·3 283 774
Tuvalu 23% 191 3·0 585
Mauritius 26% 35 152 2·7 93 443
Sri Lanka 30% 684 872 2·3 1 586 565
Bosnia and Herzegovina 30% 101 810 2·3 238 539
Samoa 30% 4 399 2·3 10 118
Namibia 31% 62 153 2·3 139 412
Suriname 33% 18 268 2·1 39 340
China 33% 52 106 588 2·1 109 290 354
Armenia 37% 114 682 1·9 218 739
Marshall Islands 37% 2 464 1·9 4611
Montenegro 39% 25 387 1·8 45 602
Romania 39% 830 959 1·8 1 478 369
Botswana 40% 89 867 1·8 157 723
Brazil 42% 9 854 929 1·7 16 397 169
South Africa 44% 2 528 569 1·6 4 041 092
Venezuela 46% 1 304 621 1·5 1 992 926
Iran 46% 4 435 063 1·5 6 683 514
Belize 49% 17 814 1·4 25 215
Nauru 51% 488 1·4 674
American Samoa 51% 2 170 1·4 2926
Malaysia 52% 1 614 886 1·3 2 169 340
Turkmenistan 55% 307 277 1·3 392 533
Ecuador 56% 914 438 1·3 1 146 263
Albania 58% 142 405 1·2 172 621
Kazakhstan 59% 1 063 767 1·2 1 262 097
Guatemala 60% 888 608 1·2 1 031 414
Serbia 66% 603 785 1·1 639 744
North Macedonia 67% 150 621 1·0 158 142
Thailand 68% 5 546 781 1·0 5 743 708
Bulgaria 68% 512 875 1·0 524 291
High-income countries
Oman 8% 26 395 8·8 234 032
Saudi Arabia 15% 514 562 4·7 2 447 166
Kuwait 17% 88 668 4·1 362 023
Seychelles 27% 2 801 2·6 7253
Bahrain 28% 37 223 2·5 92 957
Brunei 32% 15 777 2·2 34 952
United Arab Emirates 36% 285 021 1·9 547 515
Qatar 41% 74 491 1·7 125 987
Hong Kong 44% 447 943 1·6 712 672
Estonia 57% 75 790 1·2 93 810
Latvia 58% 110 560 1·2 133 858
Trinidad and Tobago 60% 92 825 1·2 109 103
French Polynesia 60% 17 920 1·2 20 942
Greenland 60% 2 674 1·2 3100
Israel 61% 485 141 1·1 554 130
Japan 62% 8 117 259 1·1 9 128 555
San Marino 66% 2 451 1·1 2617
Bahamas 66% 28 970 1·1 30 724
South Korea 68% 4 045 242 1·0 4 154 903
Singapore 68% 467 024 1·0 478 694

Niue and Cook Islands not included because 2019 UN population data were not available. The number of women aged 35–49 years screened in the last 5 years and the minimum number of women aged 35–49 years to be screened in 5 years to meet the 70% target were calculated using the 2019 UN population estimates.17