ethnicities as well as black and Hispanic women in
metropolitan areas of the US have markedly higher cervical
cancer mortality rates than the Healthy People 2010 goal of
2.0 deaths per 100,000 population [9]. Health policy
interventions (e.g., cancer prevention and early detection
programs through increased cervical cancer screening)
aimed at reducing cervical cancer disparities should continue
to target women in rural and medically underserved
areas as well as high-risk populations in the metropolitan
areas of the country.