Cervical cancer is the third most common cancer in women, and the seventh overall, with an estimated 529,000 new cases in 2008. As for liver cancer, more than 85% of the global burden occurs in developing countries, where it accounts for 13% of all female cancers. High-risk regions include Eastern and Western Africa, with a cumulative risk (0–74) of 3.8%, Southern Africa (2.9%), South-Central Asia (2.6%), Middle Africa and South America (2.5%). Risks are lowest in Western Asia, Northern America and Australia/New Zealand (0.5%) (Figs. 12a and 12b). Cervical cancer remains the most common cancer in women only in Eastern Africa, South-Central Asia and Melanesia.