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Table 5 Knowledge about the risk factor for cervical cancer

From: Reducing incidence of cervical cancer: knowledge and attitudes of caregivers in Nigerian city to human papilloma virus vaccination

What are the risk factors for cervical cancer?

Frequency

n = 508

Percent

Don’t know

265

52.2

Death

98

19.3

Sexual transmitted disease/unprotected sex

7

1.4

Early sex and multiple sex partners

4

.8

Multiple sexual partners

5

1.0

Sexual promiscuity

1

.2

Infection

62

12.2

Neck injury

1

.2

Cancer of the cervix

3

.6

Injury in the cervix

20

3.9

Pain in the cervix/womb

17

3.3

Affection

1

.2

Family planning inserts

2

.4

Vaginal Bleeding

3

.6

HPV infection

12

2.4

Instrumentation in female private part

2

.4

Sickness

1

.2

Low fertility

2

.4

Heredity

1

.2

Damage of the uterine wall

1

.2