Chart 32 Incidence of thyroid cancer, by age group, female population aged 65 or older, Canada, 1992 and 2012

Description for Chart 32
| Rate per 100,000 | Error bars | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| negative | positive | ||
| 1992 | |||
| 65 to 69 years | 9.4 | 2.3 | 2.8 |
| 70 to 74 years | 10.2 | 2.7 | 3.2 |
| 75 to 79 years | 13.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 |
| 80 to 84 years | 10 | 3.5 | 4.8 |
| 85 years or older | 9.6 | 3.7 | 5.3 |
| 2012 | |||
| 65 to 69 years | 36.9 | 4.0 | 4.4 |
| 70 to 74 years | 33.9 | 4.5 | 4.9 |
| 75 to 79 years | 28.6 | 4.5 | 5.0 |
| 80 to 84 years | 18.2 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
| 85 years or older | 12.4 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
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Notes: Estimates are based on counts that have been randomly rounded to a lower or higher multiple of 5. ICD-O-3 coding as follows: Thyroid: C73.9 Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 103-0550, 1992 and 2012. |
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