Declines in cervical cancer incidence among young women in the United States

We calculated age-standardized cervical cancer incidence rates and trends by histologic type among women aged 15-29 years, using cancer registry data covering approximately 99% of the United States population. We examined differences in incidence rates from the earliest to the most recent study period and quantified changes over time using joinpoint regression. Incidence rates for cervical squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and adenocarcinoma (AC) decreased significantly during 1999-2022 in all age g