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Table 3 Percentage of gynecological cancer deaths and dalys attributable to risk factors in 1990 and 2021

From: The global burden of polycystic ovary syndrome, endometriosis, uterine fibroids, cervical cancer, uterine cancer, and ovarian cancer from 1990 to 2021

Cancer

1990

  

2021

  
 

Leading risk

Percentage of death (95% UI)

Percentage of DALYs (95% UI)

Leading risk

Percentage of death (95% UI)

Percentage of DALYs (95% UI)

Cervical cancer

Unsafe sex

1.00(0.99,1.00)

1.00(0.99,1.00)

Unsafe sex

1.00(0.99,1.00)

1.00(1.00,1.00)

 

Smoking

0.11(0.07,0.15)

0.11(0.06,0.15)

Smoking

0.08(0.04,0.11)

0.07(0.04,0.10)

Ovarian cancer

High body-mass index

0.07(0,01,0.13)

0.07(0,01,0.12)

High body-mass index

0.09(0.02,0.17)

0.09(0.02,0.16)

 

Occupational exposure to asbestos

0.04((0.02,0.06)

0.03(0.01,0.04)

Occupational exposure to asbestos

0.03(0.01,0.05)

0.02(0.01,0.03)

Uterine cancer

High body-mass index

0.25(0.18–0.33)

0.25(0.18–0.33)

High body-mass index

0.34(0.25,0.44)

0.34(0.25,0.44)