| epidemiology of human papillomavirus infection and cervical cancer and future perspectives in hong kong, singapore and taiwan. | hong kong, singapore and taiwan are three island states that are newly emerged affluent economic areas in asia. the majority of the populations are ethnically chinese with a total population of 6.98, 4.5 and 23 million, respectively. cervical cancer has been declining over the last thirty years in all three states and is largely attributable to widespread opportunistic cervical cancer screening. the age-standardized incidence rates of cervical cancer are 9.6 per 100,000 women in hong kong in 200 ... | 2008 | 18945415 |