Cervical Screening
Cervical screening is provided free of charge to all women aged 20-69 years.
The normal screening interval is every three years.
The Ministry of Health estimates that, in women who are not screened, one in ninety will develop cervical cancer and around half of these women will die of the disease.
In women who are screened, the death rate is much lower, at around one woman in 1,280 dying of cervical cancer.
Overall, women who have regular smear tests reduce their likelyhood of developing cervical cancer by about 90 percent.