UK Thyroid Cancer mortality statistics

This page presents thyroid cancer mortality statistics including by age and sex and trends over time.

Thyroid cancer mortality

 
 

Thyroid cancer mortality in the UK

Thyroid cancer caused 341 deaths in 2007 in the UK.

The annual number of deaths in the UK and its constituent countries together with the rates for the year 2007 are shown in Table 2.11-3.

Number of deaths and mortality rates of thyroid cancer, UK

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Thyroid cancer mortality by age and sex

The distribution of deaths by age for males and females separately are shown in Figure 2.21-3.

Numbers of deaths and age-specific mortality rates, thyroid cancer, by sex, UK

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Thyroid cancer mortality trends

The age-standardised mortality rates between 1971 and 2007 for the UK are shown in Figure 2.11-3.

Age-standardised (European) mortality rates for thyroid cancer, by sex in the United Kingdom

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References for thyroid cancer mortality

  1.  Office for National Statistics Mortality Statistics: Cause. England and Wales 2007 London TSO 2009
  2.  ISD Online, 2009, Cancer Mortality in Scotland, 2007
  3.  Northern Ireland Cancer Registry, 2009, Cancer Mortality in Northern Ireland, 2007