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Epidemiology - Ireland

There is a lack of data on the burden of HPV related disease in Ireland. On average 538 cases of HPV associated cancers were diagnosed per year in Ireland during the period 2010 to 2014. . Cervical cancer was the most frequent HPV associated cancer with on average 292 cases per year (74% of the female total, and 54% of the overall total of HPV associated cancers) A study of 996 cervical cytology samples in an Irish urban female, opportunistically screened population, found an overall HPV prevalence of 19.8%, HPV 16 at 20% and HPV 18 at 12% were the commonest high-risk types detected. In Europe, types 16 and 18 are responsible for over 70% of cervical cancers. Overall rates of HPV associated invasive cancers may be increasing. Between 1994-2014 there was a 2% increase in the rate of HPV associated invasive cancers per year for both sexes in Ireland.

As HPV is known to be associated with ano-genital warts- these are notifiable to the HPSC .Genital Warts are the second most common STI in Ireland  There were 1,281 cases of ano-genital warts notified in 2017, which was a decrease on the 2016 figure of 1,593 .The highest age-specific rate for both male and female was in the 25-29 year old age range, 53% of cases were among males.