HPV
The Centers for Disease Control reports that roughly 33,200 human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cancers occur in the United States per year, with roughly 20,600 occurring in females and 12,600 in males.1
Cervical Cancer
According to the WHO/ICO Information Centre on HPV and Cervical Cancer, about 3.9 percent of women in the U.S. are estimated to harbor high-risk cervical HPV infection at a given time, and 71.7 percent of invasive cervical cancers are attributed to high-risk HPV strains.2 Subsequently, approximately 131.95 million women in the U.S. over the age of 15 are at risk of developing cervical cancer.2 WHO estimates that 12,966 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer every year, and 6,605 will die from the disease.2 While vaccines do exist to prevent HPV-related cervical cancer, they aren’t able to protect the 79 million Americans currently infected with HPV.3
Anal Cancer
Anal cancer is a fairly rare form of cancer in the United States, but the number of new anal cancer cases has been rising over the past decade.4 The risk of being diagnosed with anal cancer in one’s lifetime is about 1 in 500.5 In 2015, an estimated 7,270 people will develop anal cancer, and an estimated 1,010 will die from the disease.5
Head and Neck Cancers
According to the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 3 percent of all cancers in the U.S. are head and neck, or oropharyngeal, cancers.6 The incidence of HPV-associated head and neck cancers has been increasing at an epidemic rate, while head and neck cancers from other causes have been decreasing.7 In the U.S., there are about 12,000 new cases of HPV-associated head and neck cancer per year and it affects men about 3 times more frequently than women.8,9
References
1 Centers for Disease Control. HPV-Associated Cancers Statistics. Retrieved December 3, 2015 from http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/hpv/statistics/index.htm.
2 World Health Organization. United States of America: Human Papillomavirus and Related Cancers, Fact Sheet 2014. Retrieved December 3, 2015 from http://www.hpvcentre.net/statistics/reports/USA_FS.pdf.
3 Centers for Disease Control. Genital HPV Infection - Fact Sheet. Retrieved December 3, 2015 from http://www.cdc.gov/std/hpv/stdfact-hpv.htm.
4 National Cancer Institute. Anal Cancer: for patients. Retrieved December 3, 2015 from http://www.cancer.gov/types/anal.
5 National Cancer Institute. SEER Stat Fact Sheets: Anal Cancer. Retrieved December 3, 2015 from http://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/anus.html.
6 American Society of Clinical Oncology. Head and Neck Cancer: Statistics. Retrieved December 7, 2015 from http://www.cancer.net/cancer-types/head-and-neck-cancer/statistics.
7 National Cancer Institute. Head and Neck Cancers. Retrieved December 7, 2015 from http://www.cancer.gov/types/head-and-neck/head-neck-fact-sheet.
8 Centers for Disease Control. HPV-Associated Oropharyngeal Cancer Rates by Race and Ethnicity. Retrieved December 7, 2015 from http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/hpv/statistics/headneck.htm.
9 Centers for Disease Control. Human papillomavirus (HPV) and Oropharyngeal Cancer - Fact Sheet. Retrieved December 7, 2015 from http://www.cdc.gov/std/hpv/stdfact-hpvandoralcancer.htm.