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Overview
Epidemiology and Demographics
Incidence
- The incidence of Goiter is approximately 1400 - 1700 in females and 900 in males per 100,000 individuals worldwide. [1] [2] [3]
Prevalence
- The prevalence of Goiter is approximately 3000 for single thyroid nodules per 100,000 individuals worldwide. [4] [5] [6]
Age
Sex
- The rate of occurrence of Goiter in both males and females occurs at a female-to-male ratio of 4:1. [8]
Race
- There is no racial predilection to Goiter.
References
- ↑ VANDER JB, GASTON EA, DAWBER TR (1954). "Significance of solitary nontoxic thyroid nodules; preliminary report". N Engl J Med. 251 (24): 970–3. doi:10.1056/NEJM195412092512403. PMID 13214371.
- ↑ Freire-Maia, Ademar; Freire-Maia, Dértia Villalba; Morton, Newton E. (1982). "Epidemiology and Genetics of Endemic Goiter". Human Heredity. 32 (3): 176–180. doi:10.1159/000153286. ISSN 1423-0062.
- ↑ Freire-Maia DV, Freire-Maia A, Schull WJ, Morton NE, Quelce-Salgado A, Lobo LC (1983). "Epidemiology and genetics of endemic goiter. I. Epidemiological aspects". Isr. J. Med. Sci. 19 (1): 11–6. PMID 6832943.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Vanderpump MP (2011). "The epidemiology of thyroid disease". Br. Med. Bull. 99: 39–51. doi:10.1093/bmb/ldr030. PMID 21893493.
- ↑ Vanderpump, M. P. J. (2011). "The epidemiology of thyroid disease". British Medical Bulletin. 99 (1): 39–51. doi:10.1093/bmb/ldr030. ISSN 0007-1420.
- ↑ Zimmermann MB (2009). "Iodine deficiency". Endocr Rev. 30 (4): 376–408. doi:10.1210/er.2009-0011. PMID 19460960.
- ↑ Vanderpump MP, Tunbridge WM, French JM, Appleton D, Bates D, Clark F, Grimley Evans J, Hasan DM, Rodgers H, Tunbridge F (1995). "The incidence of thyroid disorders in the community: a twenty-year follow-up of the Whickham Survey". Clin. Endocrinol. (Oxf). 43 (1): 55–68. PMID 7641412.
- ↑ Tunbridge WM, Evered DC, Hall R, Appleton D, Brewis M, Clark F, Evans JG, Young E, Bird T, Smith PA (1977). "The spectrum of thyroid disease in a community: the Whickham survey". Clin. Endocrinol. (Oxf). 7 (6): 481–93. PMID 598014.