Mortality in carcinoma of the thyroid gland in Yugoslavia
Sokić, S.; Adanja, B.; Jarebinski, M.
Srpski Arhiv Za Celokupno Lekarstvo 117(5-6): 313-318
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0370-8179 PMID: 2595460 Document Number: 344398
The article dealing with thyroid gland cancer in Yugoslavia is based on data on the mortality rate over the period from 1971 to 1985. During the observed period the average proportion of thyroid gland cancer was 0.51% (males-0.30%; females-0.81%) in the whole group of malignant tumours in Yugoslavia. In the same period the standardized mortality rate was 0.52 per 100,000 persons, with the following risk difference between sexes: males-0.40; females-0.63 per 100,000 persons. The mortality trend of thyroid gland cancer in Yugoslavia showed a slight increase from 1971 to 1985 (9y = 0.480 + 0.006x).