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. 2026 Jan 13;15:1670286. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2025.1670286

Table 2.

Gender-specific burden of thyroid cancer attributable to high BMI globally and in China in 1990 and 2021.

Variable DALYs number Cude DALY rate(per 100,000) ASDR (per 100,000) Deaths number Cude death rate(per 100,000) ASMR(per 100,000)
Global Male
1990(n, 95%%UI) 20879
(15682, 26681)
0.78
(0.58, 0.99)
1.06
(0.79, 1.36)
704
(515, 901)
0.03
(0.02, 0.03)
0.04
(0.03, 0.05)
2021(n, 95%%UI) 56835
(42680, 73440)
1.44
(1.08, 1.85)
1.38
(1.04, 1.79)
2029
(1510, 2596)
0.05
(0.04, 0.07)
0.05
(0.04, 0.07)
Global Women
1990(n, 95%%UI) 40936
(31059, 52907)
1.55
(1.17, 2)
1.87
(1.42, 2.41)
1494
(1117, 1923)
0.06
(0.04, 0.07)
0.07
(0.05, 0.09)
2021(n, 95%%UI) 88120
(64992, 114469)
2.24
(1.65, 2.91)
1.96
(1.44, 2.55)
3225
(2329, 4164)
0.08
(0.06, 0.11)
0.07
(0.05, 0.09)
China Male
1990(n, 95%%UI) 2690
(1748, 4106)
0.44
(0.29, 0.68)
0.62
(0.4, 0.95)
88
(57, 134)
0.01
(0.01, 0.02)
0.03
(0.02, 0.04)
2021(n, 95%%UI) 12278
(7558, 17839)
1.69
(1.04, 2.45)
1.25
(0.77, 1.8)
455
(281, 653)
0.06
(0.04, 0.09)
0.05
(0.03, 0.07)
China Women
1990(n, 95%%UI) 5577
(3671, 7973)
0.98
(0.64, 1.4)
1.21
(0.79, 1.71)
187
(123, 265)
0.03
(0.02, 0.05)
0.04
(0.03, 0.06)
2021(n, 95%%UI) 11407
(7183, 16975)
1.64
(1.03, 2.44)
1.07
(0.67, 1.6)
416
(265, 603)
0.06
(0.04, 0.09)
0.04
(0.02, 0.06)

DALYs, disability-adjusted life-years; n, number; UI, uncertainty interval; ASDR, age-standardized DALY rate; ASMR, age-standardized mortality rate.