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This study aimed to determine the incidence and mortality associated with cervical cancer and the coverage of Papanicolaou (Pap) cervical cytology in 20- to 69-year-old women in Fiji from 2004 to 2007. Methods: National data on the incident cases of histologically confirmed cervical cancer and the associated deaths, and on Pap smear results were collected from all pathology laboratories, and cancer and death registries in Fiji from 2004 to 2007. Results: There were 413 incident cases of cervical cancer and 215 related deaths during the study timeframe. The annualised incidence and mortality rates in 20- to 69-year-old Melanesian Fijian women, at 49.7 per 100 000 (95% confidence interval (CI): 43.7\u201356.4) and 32.3 per 100 000 (95% CI: 26.9\u201338.4) respectively, were significantly higher than among 20- to 69-year-old Indo-Fijian women at 35.2 per 100 000 (P &amp;lt; 0.001, 95% CI: 29.5\u201341.7) and 19.8 per 100 000 (P = 0.002, 95% CI: 15.1\u201325.5) respectively. 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