Thyroid

Source: Globocan 2020

Number of new cases in 2020, both sexes, all ages Number of deaths in 2020, both sexes, all ages

Breast 2 261 419 Lung 1 796 144

Lung 2 206 771 Colorectum 935 173
Colorectum 1 931 590 Liver 830 180
Prostate 1 414 259 Stomach 768 793
Stomach 1 089 103 Breast 684 996
Liver 905 677 Oesophagus 544 076
Cervix uteri 604 127 Pancreas 466 003
Oesophagus 604 100 Prostate 375 304
Thyroid 586 202 Cervix uteri 341 831
Bladder 573 278 Leukaemia 311 594
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 544 352 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 259 793
Pancreas 495 773 Brain, central nervous system 251 329
Leukaemia 474 519 Bladder 212 536
Kidney 431 288 Ovary 207 252
Corpus uteri 417 367 Kidney 179 368
Lip, oral cavity 377 713 Lip, oral cavity 177 757
Melanoma of skin 324 635 Multiple myeloma 117 077
Ovary 313 959 Larynx 99 840
Brain, central nervous system 308 102 Corpus uteri 97 370
Larynx 184 615 Gallbladder 84 695
Multiple myeloma 176 404 Nasopharynx 80 008
Nasopharynx 133 354 Melanoma of skin 57 043
Gallbladder 115 949 Oropharynx 48 143
Oropharynx 98 412 Thyroid 43 646
Hypopharynx 84 254 Hypopharynx 38 599
Hodgkin lymphoma 83 087 Mesothelioma 26 278
Testis 74 458 Hodgkin lymphoma 23 376
Salivary glands 53 583 Salivary glands 22 778
Vulva 45 240 Vulva 17 427
Penis 36 068 Kaposi sarcoma 15 086
Kaposi sarcoma 34 270 Penis 13 211
Mesothelioma 30 870 Testis 9 334
Vagina 17 908 Vagina 7 995

0 500 000 1 000 000 1 500 000 2 000 000 0 500 000 1 000 000 1 500 000

Cancer incidence and mortality statistics worldwide and by region

Incidence Mortality
Both sexes Males Females Both sexes Males Females
Cum. risk Cum. risk Cum. risk Cum. risk Cum. risk Cum. risk
New cases New cases New cases Deaths Deaths Deaths
0-74 (%) 0-74 (%) 0-74 (%) 0-74 (%) 0-74 (%) 0-74 (%)
Eastern Africa 5 730 0.25 1 214 0.13 4 516 0.36 1 745 0.11 411 0.06 1 334 0.15
Middle Africa 782 0.10 247 0.08 535 0.11 325 0.05 107 0.04 218 0.06
Northern Africa 8 508 0.38 1 675 0.17 6 833 0.59 1 392 0.06 337 0.03 1 055 0.08
Southern Africa 1 358 0.23 223 0.08 1 135 0.35 163 0.04 45 0.02 118 0.06
Western Africa 2 079 0.09 480 0.05 1 599 0.13 818 0.05 206 0.03 612 0.07
Caribbean 2 001 0.40 424 0.18 1 577 0.61 258 0.04 101 0.04 157 0.05
Central America 13 424 0.73 2 451 0.29 10 973 1.11 1 229 0.08 364 0.05 865 0.10
South America 47 943 0.96 8 991 0.39 38 952 1.49 2 919 0.05 980 0.04 1 939 0.06
Northern America 62 256 1.26 16 560 0.68 45 696 1.82 2 420 0.03 1 150 0.04 1 270 0.03
Eastern Asia 260 692 1.11 61 997 0.52 198 695 1.70 12 023 0.04 4 210 0.03 7 813 0.05
South-Eastern Asia 32 629 0.45 8 203 0.26 24 426 0.63 4 578 0.06 1 482 0.05 3 096 0.07
South-Central Asia 32 548 0.17 8 851 0.10 23 697 0.24 6 983 0.04 3 361 0.05 3 622 0.04
Western Asia 24 028 0.88 5 304 0.41 18 724 1.39 2 084 0.09 684 0.07 1 400 0.12
Central and Eastern Europe 30 288 0.75 5 353 0.29 24 935 1.14 2 523 0.05 797 0.04 1 726 0.05
Western Europe 25 089 0.91 6 046 0.44 19 043 1.36 1 854 0.03 797 0.04 1 057 0.03
Southern Europe 22 407 1.02 5 693 0.52 16 714 1.52 1 243 0.03 486 0.03 757 0.03
Northern Europe 9 378 0.63 2 253 0.31 7 125 0.94 779 0.03 279 0.03 500 0.03
Australia and New Zealand 4 278 1.07 1 207 0.61 3 071 1.52 183 0.03 93 0.03 90 0.02
Melanesia 650 0.75 99 0.24 551 1.24 118 0.18 16 0.06 102 0.29
Polynesia 100 1.42 16 0.55 84 2.28 8 0.15 0 0 8 0.30
Micronesia 34 0.68 0 0 34 1.34 1 0 0 0 1 0
Low HDI 10 508 0.19 2 440 0.11 8 068 0.27 3 220 0.08 845 0.05 2 375 0.11
Medium HDI 41 225 0.18 10 393 0.10 30 832 0.27 8 368 0.05 3 640 0.04 4 728 0.05
High HDI 321 625 0.88 74 559 0.42 247 066 1.33 18 934 0.05 6 469 0.04 12 465 0.06
Very high HDI 212 643 1.00 49 863 0.48 162 780 1.51 13 117 0.04 4 951 0.04 8 166 0.04
World 586 202 0.68 137 287 0.33 448 915 1.02 43 646 0.05 15 906 0.04 27 740 0.05

Incidence, both sexes Mortality, both sexes 5-year prevalence, both sexes

Africa N.America* Africa

(3.1%) (5.5%) (2.4%)

N.America* LAC** LAC**

(10.6%) (10.1%) (10.6%)

LAC** Africa N.America*

Asia Asia
(10.8%) Asia (10.2%) (12.3%)
(58.8%) (57.4%)
(59.7%)
Europe Europe Europe
(14.9%) (14.7%) (16.4%)

Population Number Population Number Population Number

Asia 349 897 Asia 25 668 Asia 1 139 172
Europe 87 162 Europe 6 399 Europe 325 708
**Latin America and the Caribbean 63 368 Africa 4 443 *Northern America 243 888
*Northern America 62 256 **Latin America and the Caribbean 4 406 **Latin America and the Caribbean 209 541
Africa 18 457 *Northern America 2 420 Africa 47 595
Oceania 5 062 Oceania 310 Oceania 19 023
Total 586 202 Total 43 646 Total 1 984 927

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 Age standardized (World) incidence rates, thyroid, males, all ages

≥ 3.6
2.5–3.6
1.6–2.5
0.95–1.6 Not applicable
0.58–0.95 No data
< 0.58

Age standardized (World) incidence rates, thyroid, females, all ages

≥ 14.2
9.2–14.2
6.6–9.2
3.6–6.6 Not applicable
1.5–3.6 No data
< 1.5

Data source: GLOBOCAN 2020

Graph production: IARC (https://gco.iarc.fr/today)
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Age standardized (World) incidence rates, thyroid, by sex Age standardized (World) incidence and mortality rates, thyroid

Males Females Incidence Mortality

Northern America 6.3 18.4 Polynesia 13.9 1.1

Australia and New Zealand 5.6 15.3 Northern America 12.4 0.30
Eastern Asia 5.4 17.8 Eastern Asia 11.5 0.40
Southern Europe 5.1 16.5 Southern Europe 10.8 0.28
Polynesia 4.5 23.3 Australia and New Zealand 10.5 0.27
Western Europe 4.2 13.8 South America 9.6 0.50
Western Asia 3.8 14.0 Western Europe 9.0 0.32
South America 3.7 15.1 Western Asia 8.6 0.83
World 3.1 10.1 Melanesia 7.4 1.7
Northern Europe 3.0 9.9 Central and Eastern Europe 7.3 0.40
Central America 2.8 11.2 Central America 7.2 0.65
Central and Eastern Europe 2.8 11.5 World 6.6 0.43
South-Eastern Asia 2.4 6.4 Northern Europe 6.5 0.27
Melanesia 2.2 12.4 Micronesia 6.2 0.24
Caribbean 1.7 6.0 South-Eastern Asia 4.4 0.63
Northern Africa 1.5 5.8 Caribbean 3.9 0.40
Eastern Africa 1.1 3.2 Northern Africa 3.7 0.67
South-Central Asia 0.89 2.4 Eastern Africa 2.2 0.82
Southern Africa 0.78 3.3 Southern Africa 2.1 0.30
Middle Africa 0.62 1.0 South-Central Asia 1.6 0.38
Western Africa 0.46 1.3 Western Africa 0.89 0.45
Micronesia 12.3 Middle Africa 0.81 0.40

30 20 10 0 10 20 30 20 15 10 5.0 0 5.0 10 15 20
ASR (World) per 100 000 ASR (World) per 100 000

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