Incidence estimation of thyroid cancer among Koreans.
- Author:
Yoon Ok AHN
1
;
Byung Joo PARK
;
Keun Young YOO
;
Hyeong Sik AHN
;
Dae Hee KANG
;
Moo Song LEE
;
Hong Hoe KOO
;
Bo Youn CHO
;
Seung Keun OH
;
Jung Kwon LEE
Author Information
- Publication Type:Original Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Keywords: Thyroid cancer; Incidence rate; Korean
- MeSH: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Epidemiologic Factors; Female; Humans; Korea/epidemiology; Male; Middle Aged; Sex Factors; Thyroid Neoplasms/*epidemiology/pathology
- From:Journal of Korean Medical Science 1991;6(1):37-44
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: The medical records of inpatients with diagnoses of either ICD-9 193(malignant neoplasm of the thyroid gland) or 226(benign neoplasm of the thyroid gland) in the claims sent in by medical care institutions throughout the country, to the Korea Medical Insurance Corporation (KMIC) during the period from January 1, 1986 to December 31, 1987 were abstracted. These records were abstracted in order to identify and confirm new cases of thyroid cancer among the beneficiaries of the KMIC. Using these data, the incidence rate of thyroid cancer among Koreans was estimated as of July 1, 1986 through June 30, 1987. The crude rates were estimated to be 0.76(95% Cl: 0.63-0.87) and 3.87(95% Cl: 3.60-4.14) per 100,000 in males and females, respectively, and the cumulative rates for the age spans 0-64 and 0-74 in males were 0.06% and 1.10%, respectively. In females, those were equally 0.35%. The age-adjusted rate for the world population was 0.93 per 100,000 in males, which is one of the lowest levels in the world. However, the adjusted rate in females was 3.96 per 100,000, which is an average level and very similar to that of the Chinese in Singapore and Shanghai. A similar tendency was shown in the case of the truncated rates for the age group of 35-64, which was 1.91 per 100,000 in males and 8.82 per 100,000 in females.
