Figure 2.

Age‐standardized incidence rates of thyroid cancer per 100,000, for 2008–2012, by regional registry, in countries with several regional registries, in women (a) and in men (b) aged 20–74 years. The number in parentheses indicates the number of regional registries in the country. Only the names of the regional registries with the highest incidence rate in each country are shown on the plot. The incidence period was 2008–2012 for the 298 regional registries, except for the after: 2008–2010: Brazil, Florianópolis; Chile, Conception and Region of Antofagasta; Ecuador, Loja; Japan, Miyagi Prefecture; Thailand, Bangkok; Italy, Caserta, Cremona, Florence and Prado, Friuli‐Venezia Giulia, Lecco, Lombardy South Pavia, Mantua, South Tyrol, Trento, and Veneto; Spain, Albacete, Asturias, Murcia, and Navarra. 2008–2011: Algeria, Sétif; Argentina, Entre Ríos Province; Brazil, Curitiba and Poços de Caldas; China, Benxi; India, Ahmedabad and Pune; Thailand, Chonburi; France, Bas‐Rhin and Manche; Italy, Barletta, Como, Ferrara, Piacenza, Sassari, Taranto, and Umbria; Spain, Canary Islands, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, and Mallorca. 2009–2012: China, Hengdong, Huaiyin District Huai'an, and Yueyanglou; India, Kamrup Urban District; Thailand, Lopburi Province; France, Limousin. 2010–2012: China, Guangzhou, Hefei, Jiangmen, Jianhu County, Wuxi, Xianju, Xiping, Yanshi, Zhongshan City, and Zhuhai; India, Tripura and Wardha; Turkey, Erzurum. [Color figure can be viewed at wileyonlinelibrary.com]