In 2007, 43 South Australian women were diagnosed with cervical cancer. 

In 2007, 12 South Australian women died of the cancer. 

Cancer of the cervix is the 13th most common cancer in women. 

One in 198 women will develop cervical cancer by the age of 75. 

715 Australian women were diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2006. 

224 women died of cervical cancer in Australia in 2006. 

Rates of cervix cancer are higher among women living in low socio-economic areas. 

In the last 20 years mortality rates have dropped by about a third due to effective pap smear screening programs.

Women should have a pap smear every two years. 

Women from the age of 12-26 years are eligible for free vaccination against common strains of HPV (Human Papalloma Virus) which cause cervix cancer. They should continue to have regular pap smears if they have ever been sexually active. 

The five year survival rate for women diagnosed with cervix cancer is 72 per cent. 

340 Australian women were diagnosed with cancer of the vulva or vagina in 2006, and 28 South Australian women were diagnosed in 2007.