Table 2. Data on Incidence Rate of Diagnosed or Suspected Thyroid Cancer Cases by Age Group in Second-Round Screening.
Characteristic | Age Group, y | |||||||
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≤2 | 3-5 | 6-8 | 9-11 | 12-14 | 15-17 | 18-20 | 21-22 | |
Examinees, No. | 11 270 | 36 868 | 49 591 | 52 798 | 52 679 | 29 849 | 11 569 | 906 |
Cases of thyroid cancer, No. | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 18 | 12 | 1 |
Mean interval between screening rounds, y | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
Person-years | 25 330 | 76 458 | 104 579 | 113 047 | 113 770 | 62 080 | 25 125 | 1571 |
Incidence rate, No. of cases per 100 000 person-years | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 29 | 48 | 64 |