Table 4.

Mean cumulative disease-specific fatality index and mortality rate with estimated annual percent changes (EAPCs) in patients with thyroid cancer from 2000 to 2015 and comparison between 2000–2009 and 2010–2015.

	Mean fatality indexa (%) (±s.d.)	EAPC (95% CI)	Mean cumulative mortality rateb (x105) (±s.d.)	EAPC (95% CI)
2000–2015	0.062 ± 0.01	−6.65% (−10.83 to −2.47)d	0.22 ± 0.08	14.4% (−20.15 to 48.43)
2000–2009	0.067 ± 0.006	−2.31% (−9.66 to 5.04)	0.21 ± 0.09	14.76% (−40.42 to 69.94)
2010–2015	0.048 ± 0.007c	−7.49% (−9.14 to −5.84)d	0.19 ± 0.07	13.63% (−19.14 to 46.4)

^aFatality index expressed as percent value (%) of total cohort; ^bMortality rate expressed as number of deaths by 100,000 person-years; ^c P < 0.001 compared to 2000–2009 (Wilcoxon test); ^dDownward trend.