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Table 1 Characteristics of thyroid cancer patients in Ho Chi Minh City, 1996–2015

From: Trends in incidence and histological pattern of thyroid cancer in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (1996–2015): a population-based study

 

Total

(N = 5953)

1996–2000

(N = 535)

2001–2005

(N = 861)

2006–2010

(N = 1732)

2011–2015

(N = 2825)

p-Value

Gender

 Men

1078 (18.1)

132 (24.7)

158 (18.4)

288 (16.6)

500 (17.7)

< 0.001

 Women

4875 (81.9)

403 (75.3)

703 (81.6)

1444 (83.4)

2325 (82.3)

 

 Men-to-women ratio

1:4.5

1:3.0

1:4.5

1:5

1:4.5

 

Age at diagnosis

 Total

42.9 ± 14.9

46.3 ± 18.3

43.7 ± 16.3

42.6 ± 14.8

42.2 ± 13.8

< 0.001

 Men

44.9 ± 16.4

48.7 ± 18.9

48.6 ± 16.8

44.0 ± 16.8

43.2 ± 15.0

 

 Women

42.5 ± 14.6

45.5 ± 18.1

42.6 ± 16.0

42.3 ± 14.3

42.0 ± 13.5

 

 p-Value

< 0.001

0.079

< 0.001

0.099

0.110

 

Age group (years) Men

     

< 0.001

 < 45

547 (50.7)

54 (40.9)

62 (39.2)

146 (50.7)

285 (57)

 

 45–64

395 (36.6)

46 (34.8)

61 (38.6)

109 (37.8)

179 (35.8)

 

 65+

136 (12.6)

32 (24.2)

35 (22.2)

33 (11.5)

36 (7.2)

 

Age group (years) Women

     

< 0.001

 < 45

2831 (58.1)

221 (54.8)

409 (58.2)

837 (58.0)

1364 (58.7)

 

 45–64

1651 (33.9)

108 (26.8)

213 (30.3)

497 (34.4)

833 (35.8)

 

 65+

393 (8.1)

74 (18.4)

81 (11.5)

110 (7.6)

128 (5.5)

 

Histology Men

 Papillary

790 (73.3)

72 (54.5)

103 (65.2)

223 (77.4)

392 (78.4)

 

 Follicular

17 (1.6)

8 (6.1)

4 (2.5)

2 (0.7)

3 (0.6)

 

 Medullary

16 (1.5)

5 (3.8)

3 (1.9)

2 (0.7)

6 (1.2)

 

 Anaplastic

15 (1.4)

3 (2.3)

6 (3.8)

0 (0.0)

6 (1.2)

 

 Other

240 (22.3)

44 (33.3)

42 (26.6)

61 (21.2)

93 (18.6)

 

Histology Women

 Papillary

4154 (85.2)

269 (66.7)

570 (81.1)

1254 (86.8)

2061 (88.6)

 

 Follicular

77 (1.6)

34 (8.4)

19 (2.7)

13 (0.9)

11 (0.5)

 

 Medullary

13 (0.3)

4 (1.0)

4 (0.6)

2 (0.1)

3 (0.1)

 

 Anaplastic

26 (0.5)

4 (1.0)

5 (0.7)

9 (0.6)

8 (0.3)

 

 Other

605 (12.4)

92 (22.8)

105 (14.9)

166 (11.5)

242 (10.4)

 
  1. Numbers of each gender, age and histological group are presented as frequency (%) and ages are presented as mean years ± SD