PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - I Leck AU - K Sibary AU - J Wakefield TI - Incidence of cervical cancer by marital status. AID - 10.1136/jech.32.2.108 DP - 1978 Jun 01 TA - Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health PG - 108--110 VI - 32 IP - 2 4099 - http://jech.bmj.com/content/32/2/108.short 4100 - http://jech.bmj.com/content/32/2/108.full SO - J Epidemiol Community Health1978 Jun 01; 32 AB - The incidence of invasive cervical cancer by age and marital status was examined, using census statistics and 1968--71 cancer registry data from women who lived in the Manchester Regional Hospital Board area. The relative rarity of the disease in the unmarried and its higher incidence in formerly married than in currently married women was confirmed. This higher incidence was shown to be mainly in widows under 50 and divorced women, suggesting that it is related to the association of the disease with number of sexual partners.