Table 2 Thyroid cancer joinpoint analysis by stage and histopathology (1993–2003).
From: Increasing thyroid cancer incidence in Lithuania in 1978–2003
1993 | 2003 | EAPC 1978–2003 | Trend 1 | Trend 2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | Rate | N | Rate | Years | EAPC | Years | EAPC | ||
All cases | 128 | 3.5 | 325 | 9.4 | 11.4* | 1993–2000 | 5.3* | 2000–2003 | 27.5* |
Histopathology | |||||||||
papillary | 58 | 1.6 | 249 | 7.2 | 17.7* | 1993–1999 | 6.2 | 1999–2003 | 33.2* |
follicular | 16 | 0.4 | 47 | 1.4 | 9.2* | 1993–2001 | 4.7 | 2001–2003 | 32.3 |
other | 54 | 1.5 | 29 | 0.8 | -2.4 | 1993–2003 | -2.4 | ||
Stage | |||||||||
I | 12 | 0.3 | 162 | 4.7 | 29.6* | 1993–2000 | 14.6 | 2000–2003 | 58.9* |
II | 66 | 1.8 | 66 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 1993–2003 | 3.5 | ||
III | 19 | 0.5 | 80 | 2.3 | 17.1* | 1993–2003 | 17.1* | ||
IV | 20 | 0.5 | 16 | 0.5 | 5.0 | 1993–2001 | 10.5* | 2001–2003 | -33.1 |
unspecified | 11 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.03 | -18.6* | 1993–2003 | -18.6* | ||