In 1996 the Department of Health began to conduct computer-aided statistical analyses of Pap smear tests. Within six years, there was a marked drop in the death rate from cervical cancer, a fact we can cite to tell people that good public health prevention is genuinely effective.
一九九六年衛生署開始對婦女子宮頸抹片檢查實施電腦統計，六年下來，死亡率從百分之三・五下降到百分之二・七，這就是公衛的指標，我們可以告訴民眾，好好預防真的有效。