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. 2018 Nov 29;145(1):4–11. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2018.3121

Table 2. Data on Incidence Rate of Diagnosed or Suspected Thyroid Cancer Cases by Age Group in Second-Round Screening.

Characteristic Age Group, y
≤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