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Background: Cervical cancer is the 2nd leading cause of female death. Little is known about cervical cancer and intraepithelial abnormality prevalence in Iraq. This study aims to determine the prevalence of cervical intraepithelial abnormality and invasive cervical cancer among Iraqi women.

Patient and methods: A cross sectional study done in Al-Alwiyaa Maternity Teaching Hospital, Women cancer Center. Data was obtained from the patient records for the years from January 2016-July 2019; information regarding the age and cytology results of the Pap smear for each patient were taken.(2,182) patients were studied.

Results: Abnormal cervical Pap smear cytology was found among 1,926 (88.3%), Abnormal intraepithelial lesion was found among 508 (23.3%) of total patients; 6 (0.3%) patients had unsatisfactory smear. Negative for intraepithelial lesion and malignancy (NILM) was found among 1,418 (65 …