Table 3. Trends in the incidence and mortality of thyroid cancer and in the incidence of thyroidectomy, 1998–2012; Switzerland.

All rates are directly standardized on the European population. CI: confidence interval.

	Women				Men
	Absolute annual mean change in rate [per 100’000]	95% CI [per 100’000]	Relative increase per year	95% CI [%]	Absolute annual mean change in rate [per 100’000]	95% CI [per 100’000]	Relative increase per year	95% CI [%]
Incidence	+ 0.43	0.37 to 0.49	+ 7%	6% to 8%	+ 0.11	0.07 to 0.15	+ 4%	3% to 6%
Incidence by histologic typea
Papillary	+ 0.41	0.35 to 0.47	+ 10%	9% to 12%	+ 0.11	0.08 to 0.15	+ 8%	6% to 11%
Non-papillary	+ 0.02	0.00 to 0.04	+ 1%	0% to 2%	0.00	-0.03 to 0.02	- 1%	- 2% to 2%
Other/unknown	+ 0.01	-0.01 to 0.02	0%	- 2% to 7%	+ 0.01	0.00 to 0.02	+ 17%	- 9% to 44%
Incidence by stageb
Early	+ 0.47	0.32 to 0.62	+ 9%	6% to 12%	+ 0.11	0.04 to 0.19	+ 7%	3% to 13%
Advanced	+ 0.02	-0.03 to 0.06	+ 1%	- 2 to 4%	+ 0.05	0.02 to 0.09	+ 6%	2% to 11%
Unknown	0.00	0.00 to 0.01	0%	-	0.00	0.00 to 0.00	0%	-
Mortalitya	- 0.02	-0.03 to -0.01	- 3%	- 4% to - 2%	- 0.01	-0.02 to 0.00	- 2%	- 4% to - 2%
Surgery incidencec
Thyroidectomy	+ 0.59	0.53 to 0.64	+ 17%	16% to 19%	+ 0.20	0.17 to 0.23	+ 15%	13% to 17%

Data sources:

^aNational Institute of Cancer Epidemiology and Registration (NICER);

^bNICER limited to 5 regions (cf. Methods section);

^cSwiss Federal Statistical Office (SFSO), Hospital Medical Statistic