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THYROID
Incidence and Mortality Summary |
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Age-adjusted incidence rate per 100,000 # of new invasive cases # of new in-situ cases # of deaths |
1.7 11 - 0 |
5.6 37 - 2 |
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Total Cases by County |
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Ada Adams Bannock Bear Lake Benewah Bingham Blaine Boise Bonner Bonneville Boundary Butte Camas Canyon Caribou |
11 0 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 7 0 |
Cassia Clark Clearwater Custer Elmore Franklin Fremont Gem Gooding Idaho Jefferson Jerome Kootenai Latah Lemhi |
2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 |
Lewis Lincoln Madison Minidoka Nez Perce Oneida Owyhee Payette Power Shoshone Teton Twin Falls Valley Washington Unknown |
0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 |
| Age | Though relatively unusual, it is still one of the most common malignancies affecting adolescents and adults up to 50 years of age. |
| Gender | Two-thirds of the cases are females. |
| Race & SES* | The incidence is higher in Caucasians and in upper income groups. |
| Hormonal | Hormonal factors are believed to contribute to the increased risk in females. This is demonstrated by the sharp increase in incidence among women after menarche. |
| Other | Occupational and environmental exposures to ionizing radiation have been associated with higher rates of thyroid cancer. Radiation exposure to the head and neck in childhood is a well known risk factor. Family history of thyroid cancer substantially increases the risk. Death due to thyroid cancer under age 40 is rare. Prognosis worsens with each decade of age over 50. |
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Mean age-adjusted incidence rate across health districts: 95% confidence interval on the mean age-adjusted incidence rate: Median age-adjusted incidence rate of health districts: Range of age-adjusted incidence rate for health districts: |
3.8 2.1 - 4.1 3.1 0.7 - 7.1 |
Most cases of thyroid cancer in Idaho were diagnosed after age 25. The highest rate is in the age group 85 and older. Females have higher or similar rates when compared to males in all age groups except for the age group 0-4, where males have a higher rate than females.
* Socio-economic Status