Welcome!

This website is here to help you learn about the risks of HPV and cervical cancer and how to prevent or get treatment for these diseases. Maybe it’s scary or uncomfortable for you to talk about these diseases, maybe you don’t know how to get vaccinated or screened, or maybe you don’t know anything at all about them. We want to give you all the information you are going to need to be able to protect yourself from HPV and cervical cancer, from facts about the diseases to information about Medicaid. We hope you find what you need!

STATISTICS ABOUT HPV

  • HPV is the most common sexually transmitted disease
  •  There were approximately 20 million people infected with HPV in the US in 2010
  • HPV vaccinations could potentially prevent 70% of cervical cancers caused by HPV infection
  • There has been a 56% drop in HPV infections in girls and young women since the HPV vaccine was introduced in the US
  • The low US vaccination rates mean 50,000 girls alive today will, during their lifetime, develop cervical cancer that could have been prevented

STATISTICS ABOUT CERVICAL CANCER

  • From 2003 to 2007 the incidence rate in  Texas was 9.7 per 100,000 women
  • From 2002 to 2006, cervical cancer killed an average of 340 women in Texas each year
  • A pap smear every two years can prevent the most common form of cervical cancer in up to 90% of cases