Table 1.

Numbers and Age-adjusted Incidence Rates (per 10⁵) of Thyroid Cancer in Israel by Population Group and Gender: 1980–2012.^*

Year	Jewish Subgroup				Arab Subgroup
	Male		Female		Male		Female
	Count	ASR†	Count	ASR†	Count	ASR†	Count	ASR†
1980	38	2.28	125	7.28	<5	2.25	5	2.50
1981	42	2.60	103	5.86	0	–	9	4.12
1982	49	2.95	116	6.33	<5	1.51	<5	1.43
1983	43	2.54	87	4.95	<5	0.89	5	1.69
1984	41	2.24	123	6.79	<5	1.02	5	2.20
1985	43	2.51	133	7.24	0	–	11	4.24
1986	50	2.75	110	5.84	2	0.75	<5	3.25
1987	35	1.79	134	7.18	<5	0.25	2	0.72
1988	35	1.80	126	6.57	<5	0.61	10	3.08
1989	53	2.85	144	7.51	5	1.36	9	3.47
1990	74	4.20	197	9.67	<5	1.02	14	4.73
1991	63	3.12	185	8.45	<5	1.06	13	3.72
1992	59	2.75	202	8.77	<5	1.34	22	6.99
1993	78	3.55	203	8.57	5	1.41	14	3.36
1994	72	3.15	242	9.91	10	2.98	16	3.76
1995	82	3.54	252	10.1	6	1.9	21	4.73
1996	96	3.82	270	10.67	6	1.33	30	6.30
1997	94	3.78	271	10.12	5	1.32	34	6.87
1998	88	3.35	317	11.98	<5	0.57	40	8.25
1999	90	3.35	307	10.35	12	3.57	20	4.61
2000	89	3.33	357	12.34	14	3.35	42	9.61
2001	102	3.77	374	12.93	14	3.34	34	6.88
2002	115	4.15	378	12.50	12	2.33	48	10.30
2003	121	4.27	377	12.78	15	3.00	42	7.98
2004	159	5.65	449	14.81	11	2.16	43	7.75
2005	144	4.96	437	14.11	18	4.16	50	9.46
2006	131	4.38	481	15.62	22	5.21	59	10.57
2007	146	4.8	542	17.02	17	3.26	60	10.22
2008	184	6.07	571	17.81	17	3.57	74	11.60
2009	186	5.84	581	17.95	20	3.49	96	15.25
2010	203	6.47	596	17.71	28	4.27	72	11.14
2011	210	6.47	605	17.77	20	3.24	77	11.30
2012	209	6.19	624	18.05	26	3.62	84	11.50

^*Accurate count not presented if cases number per year is lower than 5.

^†ASR, age-adjusted rates (according to the world standard population “Segi”) per 100,000.