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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, 2013
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 <21e 0 to <38e >=38g
All Races b Both Sexes 194,792 136,396 88,785 61,311 44,208 34,113 509,772 600,285 36,830 637,115
Males 43,408 29,562 19,306 12,908 9,224 6,950 111,234 130,022 8,385 138,407
Females 151,384 106,834 69,479 48,403 34,984 27,163 398,538 470,263 28,445 498,708
White b Both Sexes 165,975 119,118 77,847 54,387 39,765 30,621 442,887 524,546 33,329 557,875
Males 38,349 26,465 17,462 11,709 8,449 6,305 99,514 116,744 7,036 123,780
Females 127,626 92,653 60,385 42,678 31,316 24,316 343,373 407,802 26,293 434,095
Black b Both Sexes 13,424 8,515 5,086 3,143 2,008 1,561 31,536 35,626 1,594 37,220
Males 2,134 1,435 849 558 459 261 5,273 5,935 172 6,107
Females 11,290 7,080 4,237 2,585 1,549 1,300 26,263 29,691 1,422 31,113
Asian/
Pacific
Islander c		 Both Sexes 9,955 6,328 4,268 + + + 23,756 + + +
Males 1,909 1,068 791 + + + 4,272 + + +
Females 8,046 5,260 3,477 + + + 19,484 + + +
Hispanic d Both Sexes 20,560 13,418 8,413 + + + 48,775 + + +
Males 3,550 2,187 1,456 + + + 8,170 + + +
Females 17,010 11,231 6,957 + + + 40,605 + + +
Estimated prevalence percent a on January 1, 2013, of the SEERc population diagnosed in the previous 21 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 0.1471% 0.0002% 0.0055% 0.0417% 0.1373% 0.2382% 0.2910% 0.2966% 0.2770% 0.1837% 0.1405%
Males 0.0637% - 0.0021% 0.0132% 0.0437% 0.0905% 0.1258% 0.1587% 0.1701% 0.1210% 0.0623%
Females 0.2284% 0.0002% 0.0090% 0.0715% 0.2314% 0.3846% 0.4492% 0.4211% 0.3642% 0.2211% 0.2151%
White c Both Sexes 0.1611% 0.0002% 0.0060% 0.0480% 0.1532% 0.2607% 0.3152% 0.3091% 0.2858% 0.1817% 0.1514%
Males 0.0718% - 0.0023% 0.0159% 0.0476% 0.1004% 0.1394% 0.1720% 0.1824% 0.1237% 0.0681%
Females 0.2499% 0.0003% 0.0099% 0.0823% 0.2644% 0.4264% 0.4893% 0.4372% 0.3723% 0.2167% 0.2342%
Black c Both Sexes 0.0720% - 0.0018% 0.0135% 0.0575% 0.1258% 0.1507% 0.1960% 0.1992% 0.1344% 0.0775%
Males 0.0250% - 0.0013% 0.0041% 0.0147% 0.0417% 0.0531% 0.0792% 0.0948% 0.0869% 0.0296%
Females 0.1148% - 0.0024% 0.0226% 0.0950% 0.1996% 0.2359% 0.2873% 0.2720% 0.1578% 0.1172%
Asian/
Pacific
Islander c		 Both Sexes 0.1361% - 0.0055% 0.0327% 0.1192% 0.2119% 0.2645% 0.2837% 0.2687% 0.2155% 0.1290%
Males 0.0516% - 0.0017% 0.0068% 0.0429% 0.0757% 0.1004% 0.1263% 0.1398% 0.1125% 0.0517%
Females 0.2136% - 0.0096% 0.0588% 0.1882% 0.3324% 0.4058% 0.4131% 0.3689% 0.2785% 0.1952%
Hispanic d Both Sexes 0.0937% - 0.0055% 0.0341% 0.1081% 0.1733% 0.2425% 0.2690% 0.2645% 0.1954% 0.1175%
Males 0.0309% - 0.0019% 0.0081% 0.0277% 0.0523% 0.0832% 0.1154% 0.1498% 0.1050% 0.0438%
Females 0.1576% - 0.0093% 0.0625% 0.1936% 0.2992% 0.3959% 0.4014% 0.3495% 0.2499% 0.1879%

Footnotes:

a US 2013 cancer prevalence counts are based on 2013 cancer prevalence proportions from the SEER registries and 1/1/2013 US population estimates based on the average of 2012 and 2013 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 13 Areas excluding the Alaska Native Registry

d Statistics based on NHIA for Hispanic for SEER 13 Areas excluding the Alaska Native Registry.

e Maximum limited-duration prevalence: 38 years for 1975-2013 SEER 9 data; 21 years for 1992-2013 SEER 13 data (excluding the Alaska Navtive Registry) 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 38 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 <38 and >=38.

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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