Despite recommendations by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and the American Cancer Society, cervical cancer screening rates are declining.From 2005 to 2023, the proportion of women ages 21 to 29 never screened for cervical cancer increased from 12.5% to 31.9% (average annual percentage change [AAPC] 5.2%), with a notable increase from 2010 to 2023 (AAPC 7.9%).Regional-stage and distant-stage cervical cancer incidence has increased by 2.3% and 2.6%, respectively, per year among women ages 30 to 64 since 2017.
The proportion of women never screened for cervical cancer increased by more than 5% per year from 2005 to 2023, a cross-sectional study showed.
Over this time period, the proportion of women ages 21 to 29 never screened for cervical cancer increased from 12.5% to 31.9% (average annual percentage change [AAPC] 5.2%, 95% CI 4.3-7.5), with a notable increase from 2010 to 2023 (AAPC 7.9%, 95% CI 6.0-14.4), reported Kalyani Sonawane, PhD, of the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, and colleagues.
For women ages 30 to 65, the proportion of those never screened for cervical cancer increased from 5.3% to 14.8% (AAPC 6.8%, 95% CI 3.1-12.0), they wrote in a research letter in JAMA Network Open.
