Table 1.

Characteristics of the 35 367 health insurance general scheme beneficiaries who underwent thyroidectomy in 2010, by the type of thyroid diagnosis, Sniiram, France

	Cancer	Benign nodule	Multiple nodules and goitre	Others
	N=5979 (17%)	N=7270 (20%)	N=13 350 (38%)	N=8768 (25%)
Age <20 years	1.4%	1.6%	0.4%	1.0%
Age <50 years	47%	53%	40%	44%
Women	76%	79%	83%	79%
Thyroidectomy
Total or subtotal	77%	26%	85%	79%
Partial	11%	71%	12%	18%
Completion	12%	3%	3%	3%
Surgery performed in a public hospital	54%	38%	46%	54%
Surgery practiced in a public or private hospital that performed
<30 thyroid surgeries/year	16%	24%	17%	15%
>100 thyroid surgeries/year	51%	37%	41%	55%