E Does cervical cancer only happen to middle-aged women?
According to Hong Kong Department of Health, cervical pre-cancer is common in women below the age of 25, representing 7.1%, the highest among different age groups. Dr. Lo Wing Kit, an O&G specialist, pointed out that Hong Kong women have their first sexual behavior at about the age of 20. Ten years after that, some of them may develop cervical pre-cancer, at the ages between 30 and 40. But another study shows that the age of having first sexual behaviour is becoming smaller, leading to a higher chance of cervical pre-cancer at women aged 24 or below. Thus, not only women aged between 40 and 55 have a higher chance of having cervical cancer, but also those aged between 20 and 30.
