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Table 26.5

Cancer of the Thyroid (Invasive)

Age-adjusted SEER Incidencea Rates by Year, Race and Sex
Year of Diagnosis All Races Whites Blacks
Both Sexes Males Females Both Sexes Males Females Both Sexes Males Females
1975-2012 8.04 4.33 11.61 8.21 4.48 11.89 5.01 2.42 7.17
1975 4.85 3.12 6.45 4.65 2.77 6.37 2.97 - 4.21
1976 4.79 2.94 6.57 4.68 2.88 6.41 3.37 - 5.00
1977 5.45 3.50 7.32 5.34 3.44 7.20 3.84 - 5.59
1978 5.09 3.14 6.95 4.95 2.97 6.83 2.95 - 4.07
1979 4.48 2.68 6.17 4.45 2.59 6.21 3.24 - 4.30
1980 4.33 2.39 6.15 4.30 2.28 6.21 2.37 - 3.43
1981 4.42 2.52 6.23 4.38 2.48 6.26 2.39 - 3.44
1982 4.63 3.00 6.15 4.53 2.87 6.09 3.29 - 4.34
1983 4.71 2.80 6.50 4.74 2.61 6.73 3.02 2.15 3.77
1984 4.85 2.65 6.93 4.73 2.58 6.81 3.02 - 4.08
1985 5.13 3.09 7.09 5.08 3.09 7.04 2.86 - 3.66
1986 5.32 3.07 7.49 5.24 3.10 7.34 3.35 - 5.09
1987 5.04 2.81 7.12 5.02 2.86 7.04 2.82 - 4.30
1988 4.93 2.94 6.88 4.89 3.00 6.78 2.53 - 3.21
1989 5.37 2.98 7.66 5.47 3.21 7.71 2.57 - 4.03
1990 5.50 2.93 7.96 5.56 2.99 8.09 3.76 2.28 4.91
1991 5.49 3.19 7.69 5.68 3.31 8.00 3.22 2.07 4.20
1992 5.88 3.52 8.13 5.89 3.52 8.19 4.20 3.09 5.13
1993 5.64 3.58 7.64 5.74 3.68 7.77 3.38 2.07 4.56
1994 6.08 3.38 8.74 6.22 3.43 9.00 3.75 1.78 5.35
1995 6.22 3.36 9.00 6.40 3.57 9.22 3.09 - 4.55
1996 6.53 3.48 9.51 6.72 3.62 9.82 3.85 - 5.80
1997 6.78 3.67 9.79 7.06 3.79 10.33 3.98 2.44 5.24
1998 6.98 3.70 10.12 7.20 3.94 10.42 3.85 1.50 5.79
1999 7.34 3.86 10.67 7.56 4.08 10.99 4.59 1.60 7.01
2000 7.61 4.03 11.10 8.05 4.37 11.78 4.57 2.18 6.55
2001 8.30 4.33 12.17 8.66 4.61 12.75 4.93 2.52 6.88
2002 9.23 4.94 13.42 9.75 5.26 14.28 5.46 2.78 7.63
2003 9.64 4.71 14.45 10.36 5.05 15.69 5.30 2.82 7.51
2004 10.13 5.24 14.91 10.82 5.55 16.12 6.37 3.39 8.85
2005 10.97 5.82 15.97 11.92 6.48 17.37 5.89 2.76 8.63
2006 11.33 5.86 16.62 12.16 6.38 17.98 6.63 3.13 9.47
2007 12.39 6.09 18.50 13.24 6.53 20.00 7.27 3.17 10.62
2008 13.23 6.60 19.67 14.20 7.06 21.39 7.02 4.42 9.44
2009 14.43 7.02 21.56 15.47 7.67 23.24 8.64 3.26 13.27
2010 13.91 6.61 20.97 14.70 7.22 22.24 8.59 3.40 12.88
2011 14.76 7.37 21.93 15.67 7.90 23.48 8.92 3.78 13.15
2012 14.90 8.02 21.67 15.68 8.60 22.90 9.47 4.25 13.87

Footnotes:

a SEER 9 areas (San Francisco, Connecticut, Detroit, Hawaii, Iowa, New Mexico, Seattle, Utah, and Atlanta). Rates are per 100,000 and are age-adjusted to the 2000 US Std Population (19 age groups - Census P25-1130).

- Statistic not shown. Rate based on less than 16 cases for the time interval.

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