Editing Cervical cancer (section)

===Australia===

[[Australia]] is on target to eliminate cervical cancer.<ref name=WHO17November2023/> It anticipates to achieve this in the next 10 years.<ref name=WHO17November2023/>

In 2022, it is estimated that 942 new cases of cervical cancer will be diagnosed in Australia. In 2022, it is estimated that a female has a 1 in 180 (or 0.56%) risk of being diagnosed with cervical cancer by the age of 85.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 August 2022 |title=Cervical cancer in Australia statistics |url=https://www.canceraustralia.gov.au/cancer-types/cervical-cancer/statistics |access-date=21 January 2023 |website=Australian Government- Cancer Australia}}</ref>

In 2020, there were 165 women aged 25–74 who died from cervical cancer, which is a mortality rate of 2 deaths per 100,000 women in the population. Over the 5 years 2016–2020, there were 62 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women aged 25–74 who died from cervical cancer, which is a mortality rate of 7 deaths per 100,000 Indigenous women in the population. Over the 5 years 2016–2020, the age-standardised mortality rate among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women was 3.8 times the rate of non-Indigenous Australians.<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Cervical Screening Program monitoring report 2022, Summary |url=https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/cancer-screening/ncsp-monitoring-2022/summary |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |date=December 2022 |language=en-AU}}</ref>

The number of women diagnosed with cervical cancer has dropped on average by 4.5% each year since organised screening began in 1991 (1991–2005).<ref>{{cite web|url=  http://www.papscreen.org.au/browse.asp?ContainerID=c15|title=  Incidence and mortality rates|date= January 1900|url-status=  live|archive-url=  https://web.archive.org/web/20090912091409/http://www.papscreen.org.au/browse.asp?ContainerID=c15|archive-date=12 September 2009}}</ref> Regular twice-yearly Pap tests [this is out of date] can reduce the incidence of cervical cancer up to 90% in Australia, and save 1,200 Australian women from dying from the disease each year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.papscreen.org.au/ |title = Papscreen Victoria |access-date=7 March 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110314211744/http://www.papscreen.org.au/ |archive-date=14 March 2011 }}</ref>  It is predicted that because of the success of the primary HPV testing programme there will be fewer than four new cases per 100 000 women annually by 2028.<ref name="pmid30291040">{{cite journal | vauthors = Hall MT, Simms KT, Lew JB, Smith MA, Brotherton JM, Saville M, Frazer IH, Canfell K | title = The projected timeframe until cervical cancer elimination in Australia: a modelling study | journal = The Lancet. Public Health | volume = 4 | issue = 1 | pages = e19–e27 | date = January 2019 | pmid = 30291040 | doi = 10.1016/S2468-2667(18)30183-X | s2cid = 52924713 | doi-access = free }}</ref>