1Department of Economics, RSGC
2Department of EconomicsRajah Serfoji Government Colleges, Thanjavur
Cervical cancer is the fifth most common cancer in human, the second most common cancer in women worldwide and the most common cancer cause of death in the developing countries. A few cervical cancer mixtures are of both types. Cervical cancer is the commonest cancer in the female in the menopause zone in India, occupying almost 50% of all female cancer. Cervical cancer usually early treatable life unchecked however it is almost always fetal. Given time the cervical cancer spread to rest of the uterus the plodder the rectum and the abdominal wall. Improvement is cancer detection and treatment has let to consistent declines in mortality from much cancer. India has a population of 436.76 million women aged 15 year and older who are at risk of developing cervical cancer. Every year 122844 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer and 67477 die from the disease. In India, cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women and also the second most common cancer among women between 15 and 44 years of age. In the mostly available source of the information in the village primary health centers workers and area staff nurse from 42% of the respondents gained to the knowledge of cervical cancer. The economic condition and standard of living is connected in awareness. Economic condition is rise in standard of awareness about the cervical cancer. This study deal with the awareness about the casus, treatment and prevention of cervical cancer of rural area married women in Thanjavur district of the state of Tamil Nadu.
Health, Cervical cancer, Awareness