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Table 26.21

Cancer of the Thyroid (Invasive)

United States Cancer Prevalence Estimates

Estimated United States Cancer Prevalence Counts a on January 1, 2011
By Race/Ethnicity, Sex and Years Since Diagnosis
Race/Ethnicity Sex Years Since Diagnosis Completeh
0 to <5 5 to <10 10 to <15 15 to <20 20 to <25 25 to <30 0 to <19e 0 to <36e >=36g
All Races b Both Sexes 174,786 117,871 76,909 54,925 41,306 31,258 433,781 527,919 38,789 566,708
Males 38,665 25,267 16,501 12,249 8,454 6,424 94,464 114,267 8,821 123,088
Females 136,121 92,604 60,408 42,676 32,852 24,834 339,317 413,652 29,968 443,620
White b Both Sexes 150,376 103,251 67,741 48,798 37,221 28,251 378,604 463,565 35,135 498,700
Males 34,346 22,675 14,957 11,190 7,774 5,810 84,812 102,959 7,429 110,388
Females 116,030 80,576 52,784 37,608 29,447 22,441 293,792 360,606 27,706 388,312
Black b Both Sexes 11,424 7,203 4,276 2,862 1,830 1,396 26,148 30,404 1,637 32,041
Males 1,844 1,295 658 550 342 275 4,418 5,118 178 5,296
Females 9,580 5,908 3,618 2,312 1,488 1,121 21,730 25,286 1,459 26,745
Asian/
Pacific
Islander c		 Both Sexes 8,426 5,356 3,410 + + + 19,246 + + +
Males 1,551 917 610 + + + 3,417 + + +
Females 6,875 4,439 2,800 + + + 15,829 + + +
Hispanic d Both Sexes 17,678 11,227 6,911 + + + 39,901 + + +
Males 2,946 1,951 1,112 + + + 6,642 + + +
Females 14,732 9,276 5,799 + + + 33,259 + + +
Estimated prevalence percent a on January 1, 2011, of the SEERc population diagnosed in the previous 19 years
By Age at Prevalence, Race/Ethnicity and Sex
Race/Ethnicity Sex Age Specific (Crude) Age-Adjustedf
All Ages 0-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80+ All Ages
All Races c Both Sexes 0.1268% 0.0001% 0.0052% 0.0394% 0.1266% 0.2103% 0.2486% 0.2560% 0.2290% 0.1536% 0.1226%
Males 0.0549% - 0.0022% 0.0114% 0.0409% 0.0790% 0.1098% 0.1402% 0.1454% 0.1011% 0.0546%
Females 0.1968% - 0.0084% 0.0686% 0.2126% 0.3404% 0.3812% 0.3608% 0.2962% 0.1843% 0.1875%
White c Both Sexes 0.1387% 0.0002% 0.0059% 0.0453% 0.1418% 0.2317% 0.2673% 0.2654% 0.2351% 0.1512% 0.1322%
Males 0.0619% - 0.0025% 0.0133% 0.0448% 0.0888% 0.1208% 0.1511% 0.1573% 0.1011% 0.0597%
Females 0.2153% - 0.0096% 0.0794% 0.2438% 0.3790% 0.4119% 0.3720% 0.2993% 0.1808% 0.2042%
Black c Both Sexes 0.0604% - 0.0016% 0.0123% 0.0544% 0.1052% 0.1287% 0.1725% 0.1483% 0.1152% 0.0658%
Males 0.0213% - - 0.0031% 0.0152% 0.0350% 0.0447% 0.0723% 0.0760% 0.0860% 0.0258%
Females 0.0961% - 0.0023% 0.0210% 0.0885% 0.1674% 0.2017% 0.2518% 0.1985% 0.1292% 0.0991%
Asian/
Pacific
Islander c		 Both Sexes 0.1181% - 0.0046% 0.0305% 0.1089% 0.1814% 0.2323% 0.2521% 0.2373% 0.1841% 0.1133%
Males 0.0444% - 0.0020% 0.0070% 0.0388% 0.0606% 0.0902% 0.1147% 0.1141% 0.1000% 0.0450%
Females 0.1857% - 0.0073% 0.0536% 0.1717% 0.2887% 0.3542% 0.3660% 0.3318% 0.2358% 0.1717%
Hispanic d Both Sexes 0.0799% - 0.0056% 0.0314% 0.0955% 0.1571% 0.2101% 0.2286% 0.2277% 0.1696% 0.1030%
Males 0.0261% - 0.0022% 0.0065% 0.0254% 0.0437% 0.0760% 0.1052% 0.1214% 0.0998% 0.0383%
Females 0.1350% - 0.0091% 0.0592% 0.1703% 0.2752% 0.3377% 0.3337% 0.3062% 0.2112% 0.1647%

Footnotes:

a US 2011 cancer prevalence counts are based on 2011 cancer prevalence proportions from the SEER registries and 1/1/2011 US population estimates based on the average of 2010 and 2011 population estimates from the US Bureau of the Census. Prevalence was calculated using the First Malignant Primary Only for a person.

b Statistics based on SEER 9 Areas.

c Statistics based on SEER 11 Areas and Rural Georgia

d Statistics based on NHIA for Hispanic for SEER 11 Areas and Rural Georgia.

e Maximum limited-duration prevalence: 36 years for 1975-2011 SEER 9 data; 19 years for 1992-2011 SEER 11 data (used to calculate prevalence for Hispanics and Asian Pacific Islanders).

f Percentages are age-adjusted to the 2000 US Standard Population (19 age groups - Census P25-1130) by 5-year age groups.

g Cases diagnosed more than 36 years ago were estimated using the completeness index method (Capocaccia et. al. 1997, Merrill et. al. 2000).

h Complete prevalence is obtained by summing 0 to <36 and >=36.

i Age-specific completeness index was approximated using empirical data from historical Connecticut tumor registry.

- Statistic not shown. Statistic based on fewer than 5 cases estimated alive in SEER for the time interval.

+ Not available.

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