Abstract
Cancer of the uterine cervix is the most common malignant tumor among women in India. The varying frequency of cervix carcinoma in different parts of the country is dependent upon certain environmental factors, such as socioeconomic conditions, sexual experience, age at marriage, fertility, and penile hygiene. This paper is based upon a clinical and statistical analysis of 693 cases of cervix carcinoma diagnosed from a population study of 39,587 women who were screened by vaginal smear examination. The findings of this study suggest the importance of the socioeconomic factors of poverty, rapid sexual maturation, early marriage and consequent early sexual experience, and early pregnancy and multiparity in producing the high incidence of cancer of uterine cervix in Indian women.
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