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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, 2012
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 <20e 0 to <37e >=37g
All Races b Both Sexes 185,714 126,992 81,900 58,468 42,019 32,763 471,409 563,884 37,905 601,789
Males 40,645 27,654 17,782 12,720 8,569 6,868 102,483 121,802 8,576 130,378
Females 145,069 99,338 64,118 45,748 33,450 25,895 368,926 442,082 29,329 471,411
White b Both Sexes 159,121 111,235 72,095 51,715 37,904 29,499 410,753 494,191 34,338 528,529
Males 35,956 24,773 16,097 11,563 7,919 6,193 91,800 109,477 7,199 116,676
Females 123,165 86,462 55,998 40,152 29,985 23,306 318,953 384,714 27,139 411,853
Black b Both Sexes 12,464 7,829 4,487 3,094 1,808 1,527 28,673 32,855 1,608 34,463
Males 2,000 1,411 756 571 355 286 4,882 5,582 179 5,761
Females 10,464 6,418 3,731 2,523 1,453 1,241 23,791 27,273 1,429 28,702
Asian/
Pacific
Islander c		 Both Sexes 9,269 5,797 3,805 + + + 21,530 + + +
Males 1,753 994 686 + + + 3,862 + + +
Females 7,516 4,803 3,119 + + + 17,668 + + +
Hispanic d Both Sexes 19,138 12,254 7,605 + + + 44,177 + + +
Males 3,249 2,094 1,247 + + + 7,414 + + +
Females 15,889 10,160 6,358 + + + 36,763 + + +
Estimated prevalence percent a on January 1, 2012, of the SEERc population diagnosed in the previous 20 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 0.1371% 0.0001% 0.0051% 0.0404% 0.1320% 0.2244% 0.2707% 0.2767% 0.2548% 0.1680% 0.1318%
Males 0.0592% - 0.0020% 0.0119% 0.0425% 0.0853% 0.1173% 0.1506% 0.1561% 0.1109% 0.0584%
Females 0.2130% - 0.0084% 0.0703% 0.2220% 0.3624% 0.4175% 0.3907% 0.3347% 0.2018% 0.2018%
White c Both Sexes 0.1500% 0.0002% 0.0058% 0.0464% 0.1473% 0.2462% 0.2922% 0.2881% 0.2626% 0.1640% 0.1420%
Males 0.0667% - 0.0023% 0.0140% 0.0464% 0.0947% 0.1300% 0.1624% 0.1678% 0.1113% 0.0638%
Females 0.2330% - 0.0095% 0.0811% 0.2536% 0.4028% 0.4526% 0.4054% 0.3413% 0.1955% 0.2197%
Black c Both Sexes 0.0663% - 0.0013% 0.0132% 0.0565% 0.1153% 0.1432% 0.1794% 0.1694% 0.1305% 0.0718%
Males 0.0233% - - 0.0035% 0.0154% 0.0379% 0.0499% 0.0784% 0.0786% 0.0934% 0.0279%
Females 0.1054% - 0.0016% 0.0225% 0.0924% 0.1836% 0.2245% 0.2587% 0.2329% 0.1486% 0.1083%
Asian/
Pacific
Islander c		 Both Sexes 0.1282% - 0.0049% 0.0326% 0.1155% 0.1990% 0.2473% 0.2679% 0.2591% 0.2070% 0.1224%
Males 0.0485% - 0.0017% 0.0071% 0.0410% 0.0710% 0.0930% 0.1211% 0.1337% 0.1075% 0.0490%
Females 0.2011% - 0.0082% 0.0581% 0.1823% 0.3122% 0.3800% 0.3892% 0.3562% 0.2678% 0.1851%
Hispanic d Both Sexes 0.0868% - 0.0054% 0.0334% 0.1010% 0.1639% 0.2287% 0.2540% 0.2483% 0.1739% 0.1106%
Males 0.0286% - 0.0021% 0.0073% 0.0267% 0.0480% 0.0799% 0.1079% 0.1450% 0.1038% 0.0416%
Females 0.1463% - 0.0089% 0.0623% 0.1805% 0.2848% 0.3713% 0.3794% 0.3248% 0.2159% 0.1767%

Footnotes:

a US 2012 cancer prevalence counts are based on 2012 cancer prevalence proportions from the SEER registries and 1/1/2012 US population estimates based on the average of 2011 and 2012 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: 37 years for 1975-2012 SEER 9 data; 20 years for 1992-2012 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 37 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 <37 and >=37.

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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