http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20150098 Volume 4 · Issue 3 Page 814 International Journal of Reproduction, Contraception, Obstetrics and Gynecology Kaur A et al. Int J Reprod Contracept Obstet Gynecol. 2015 Jun;4(3):814-819 www.ijrcog.org pISSN 2320-1770 | eISSN 2320-1789 Research Article Prevalence of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia & cervical carcinoma in ever married women in rural area of a district in Haryana Amandeep Kaur 1 *, Anita Punia 2 , Mehar Singh Punia 2 , Sunita Singh 3 , Smiti Nanda 4 , Babita Jangra 2 INTRODUCTION Cervical cancer is the third most common cancer in women, after breast and colorectal cancer, globally. More than 85% of the global burden occurs in developing countries. 1 It contributes over 2.7 million years of life lost among women between the ages of 25 and 64 worldwide. 2 Cervical cancer kills more than 288000 women each year worldwide and disproportionately affects the poorest, the most vulnerable women. 3 In India, it was estimated that 134 420 new cases and 72825 deaths occurred in the year 2008 due to carcinoma cervix, accounting for nearly 25% of the global burden. The ASR (age-standardized incidence rate) of cervical cancer during 2008 was 27.0 per 100000 women in different regions of India. 1 The prevalence of cervical cancer in various regions of our country is mainly estimated ones from the various hospital registries. Community based studies are lacking in North India. Assessment of magnitude of any problem 1 Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Haldwani, Nainital-263139, Uttarakhand, India 2 Department of Community Medicine, BPS Government Medical College for Women, Khanpur Kalan, Sonepat- 131305, Haryana, India 3 Department of Pathology, Pt. B.D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak-124001, Haryana, India 4 Department of Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Pt. B.D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak-124001, Haryana, India Received: 19 April 2015 Accepted: 08 May 2015 *Correspondence: Dr. Amandeep Kaur, E-mail: amansmailbox82@gmail.com Copyright: © the author(s), publisher and licensee Medip Academy. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. ABSTRACT Background: Objectives: To find the burden of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and cervical carcinoma in ever married rural women and to create awareness for its prevention and management. Methods: The present cross-sectional study was undertaken in Block Beri, district Jhajjar, Haryana, among ever married females aged 30-59 years. A total of 1615 women were enumerated from three randomly selected sub- centers. Out of these 1359 were interviewed by house to house survey. Among them 664 (49%) consented for per- vaginal examination for Visual Inspection with Acetic acid (VIA), Visual Inspection with Lugol’s Iodine (VILI) and Papanicolaou (Pap) smear at the respective sub-centers. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 17. Results: Per-vaginal discharge (45.9%) was the most common complaint followed by lower backache (36.6%) and lower abdominal pain (35.0%). VIA was positive in 18.5%; while VILI in 23.2% of study subjects. On cytological examination, in 313 subjects, no significant pathology was detected. Six subjects (0.904%) showed epithelial cell abnormality classified as ASCUS among four cases and one each as LSIL and HSIL. Conclusions: Low prevalence (0.9%) of epithelial cell abnormalities observed in study confirmed the national estimates for Haryana as low prevalence area for cervical cancers. Keywords: CIN, Cervical carcinoma, Prevalence, Ever married women, Rural DOI: 10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20150098