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Table 26.12

Cancer of the Thyroid (Invasive)

Risk of Being Diagnosed With Cancer in 10, 20 and 30 Years,
Lifetime Risk of Being Diagnosed with Cancer Given Alive and Cancer-Free at Current Age, and
Lifetime Risk of Dying from Cancer Given Alive at Current Age
Both Sexes, 2010-2012 By Race/Ethnicity
Race/
Ethnicity		 Current Age Risk of Being Diagnosed with Cancer Risk of Dying from Cancer
+10 yrs +20 yrs +30 yrs Eventually Eventually
All Races 0 0.00 0.02 0.10 1.15 0.06
10 0.02 0.10 0.26 1.17 0.06
20 0.08 0.24 0.46 1.15 0.06
30 0.17 0.38 0.61 1.08 0.06
40 0.22 0.45 0.67 0.93 0.06
50 0.24 0.47 0.65 0.73 0.06
60 0.24 0.43 0.51 0.52 0.06
70 0.21 0.30 - 0.31 0.06
80 0.11 - - 0.13 0.05
White 0 0.00 0.02 0.11 1.21 0.06
10 0.02 0.11 0.29 1.22 0.06
20 0.09 0.26 0.49 1.21 0.06
30 0.18 0.40 0.65 1.13 0.06
40 0.23 0.47 0.71 0.96 0.06
50 0.25 0.49 0.67 0.75 0.06
60 0.25 0.44 0.52 0.53 0.06
70 0.22 0.30 - 0.32 0.06
80 0.12 - - 0.13 0.05
Black 0 0.00 0.01 0.03 0.66 0.05
10 0.01 0.04 0.12 0.68 0.05
20 0.03 0.11 0.24 0.67 0.05
30 0.09 0.21 0.35 0.65 0.05
40 0.13 0.27 0.42 0.58 0.05
50 0.15 0.31 0.42 0.47 0.05
60 0.18 0.30 0.34 0.36 0.05
70 0.15 0.20 - 0.21 0.05
80 0.07 - - 0.10 0.04
Asian/ Pacific
Islander 		0 0.00 0.02 0.09 1.24 0.12
10 0.02 0.09 0.25 1.25 0.12
20 0.07 0.23 0.45 1.24 0.12
30 0.17 0.38 0.61 1.17 0.12
40 0.22 0.45 0.68 1.02 0.12
50 0.24 0.48 0.67 0.81 0.12
60 0.25 0.45 0.55 0.59 0.12
70 0.22 0.33 - 0.37 0.11
80 0.13 - - 0.18 0.09
American Indian/
Alaska Nativea 		0 0.00 0.01 0.04 0.77 0.04
10 0.01 0.04 0.14 0.78 0.04
20 0.04 0.13 0.25 0.77 0.04
30 0.09 0.22 0.34 0.75 0.04
40 0.13 0.25 0.41 0.67 0.05
50 0.13 0.30 0.50 0.57 0.05
60 0.18 0.40 0.46 0.46 0.05
70 0.25 0.32 - 0.32 0.05
80 0.10 - - 0.10 0.04
Hispanicb 0 0.00 0.02 0.08 1.08 0.09
10 0.02 0.08 0.21 1.09 0.09
20 0.06 0.19 0.36 1.07 0.09
30 0.13 0.30 0.50 1.01 0.09
40 0.17 0.38 0.59 0.90 0.09
50 0.21 0.43 0.62 0.74 0.09
60 0.23 0.43 0.53 0.55 0.09
70 0.22 0.33 - 0.36 0.08
80 0.14 - - 0.17 0.06

Footnotes:

Devcan 6.8.0, August 2014, National Cancer Institute (https://surveillance.cancer.gov/devcan/).

Source: Incidence data are from the SEER 18 areas (San Francisco, Connecticut, Detroit, Hawaii, Iowa, New Mexico, Seattle, Utah, Atlanta, San Jose-Monterey, Los Angeles, Alaska Native Registry, Rural Georgia, California excluding SF/SJM/LA, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Jersey, and Georgia excluding ATL/RG). Mortality data are from the NCHS public use data file for the total US.

a Underlying incidence and mortality data for American Indian/Alaska Native are based on the CHSDA(Contract Health Service Delivery Area) counties.

b Hispanic is not mutually exclusive from whites, blacks, Asian/Pacific Islanders, and American Indians/Alaska Natives. Underlying incidence data for Hispanics are based on NHIA and exclude cases from the Alaska Native Registry.

- Statistic could not be calculated.

A percent of 0.00 represents a value that is below 0.005.

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