Study Of Cervical Screening For Women Under Age Of 25 Years Old, A Retrospective Data Analysis

In this retrospective study, we looked into the number of women under 25 years old who had CINIII and the intervention rate. We looked into the percentage of abnormal smears, number of women under 25s referred to Colposcopy clinic, number and percentage of patients with CIN, number of patients diagnosed with micro-invasive and advanced stage Cervical Cancer. Out of 12132 cervical smears performed over 5 years for women under 25s, 81 women had CIN III (801 referred to Colposcopy). This study highlights that high grade lesions and CINIII in particular are common in the age group 20-24 and can occur at very young age.