Cervical cancer incidence in the south of Thailand 1988-1989

In order to assess the incidence of cervical cancer in Southern Thailand, the data of all diagnosed cases at or above the level of the community hospital in each province were collected during the period January 1, 1988 to December 31, 1989. The crude annual incidence was 9.13 and 8.67 per 100,000 women in 1988 and 1989 respectively. The age-standardized annual incidence in these years was 13.42 and 13.07 per 100,000. Phuket had the highest incidence and Narathiwat the lowest in both years. In upper and lower subregions the crude annual incidence was 7.36 and 10.76 in 1988 and 8.95 and 8.41 in 1989. These rates are slightly lower than the incidence in Khon Kaen province collected between 1985 and 1987 from a population-based cancer registry.