TY - JFULL AU - Arundhati Devi Maibam and K. Ingocha Singh PY - 2017/9/ TI - Sociodemographic Risk Factors of Cervical Cancer in Imphal, Manipur T2 - International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences SP - 2116 EP - 2120 VL - 11 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10007690 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 128, 2017 N2 - Cervical cancer is preventable if detected early. Determination of risk factors is essential to plan screening programmes to prevent the disease. To study the demographic risk factors of cervical cancer among Manipuri women, information on age, marital status, educational level, monthly family income and socioeconomic status were collected through a pre-tested interview schedule. In this study, 64 incident cases registered at the RT Dept, RIMS (Regional Institute of Medical Sciences), Imphal, Manipur, India during 2008-09 participated. Data were entered in Microsoft Excel and the results were expressed in percentages. Among the 64 patients with cervical cancer, 56 (88.9%) were in the age group of 40+ years. The majority of the patients were from rural areas (68.75%) and 31.25% were from urban areas. The majority of the patients were Hindus (73%), 55(85.9%) were of low educational level, 43(67.2%) were married, and 36 (56.25%) belonged to Class IV socioeconomic status. In conclusion, if detected early, cervical cancer is preventable and curable. The potential risk factors need to be identified and women in the risk group need to be motivated for screening. Affordable screening programmes and health care resources will help in lessening the burden of the disease. ER -