Standardized Thyroid Cancer Mortality in Korea between 1985 and 2010.
10.3803/EnM.2014.29.4.530
- Author:
Yun Mi CHOI
1
;
Tae Yong KIM
;
Eun Kyung JANG
;
Hyemi KWON
;
Min Ji JEON
;
Won Gu KIM
;
Young Kee SHONG
;
Won Bae KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. tykim@amc.seoul.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Thyroid neoplasms;
Mortality;
Standard population
- MeSH:
Korea;
Mortality*;
Prevalence;
Thyroid Neoplasms*;
Weights and Measures;
World Health Organization
- From:Endocrinology and Metabolism
2014;29(4):530-535
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of thyroid cancer has increased very rapidly in Korea. However, there is no published report focusing on thyroid cancer mortality in Korea. In this study, we aimed to evaluate standardized thyroid cancer mortality using data from Statistics Korea (the Statistical Office of Korea). METHODS: Population and mortality data from 1985 to 2010 were obtained from Statistics Korea. Age-standardized rates of thyroid cancer mortality were calculated according to the standard population of Korea, as well as World Health Organization (WHO) standard population and International Cancer Survival Standard (ICSS) population weights. RESULTS: The crude thyroid cancer mortality rate increased from 0.1 to 0.7 per 100,000 between 1985 and 2010. The pattern was the same for both sexes. The age-standardized mortality rate (ASMR) for thyroid cancer for Korean resident registration population increased from 0.19 to 0.67 between 1985 and 2000. However, it decreased slightly, from 0.67 to 0.55, between 2000 and 2010. When mortality was adjusted using the WHO standard population and ICSS population weights, the ASMR similarly increased until 2000, and then decreased between 2000 and 2010. CONCLUSION: Thyroid cancer mortality increased until 2000 in Korea. It started to decrease from 2000.
