| Name |
Primary Malignancy of Thyroid (pri_thyroid) |
| Category |
Cancers |
| Sex |
|
| Adult |
Yes |
| UUID |
b540d177-a561-4631-9f2b-f121b955121e |
| Definition |
A carcinoma arising from the thyroid gland. It is usually an adenocarcinoma and includes the following main subtypes, follicular, papillary, medullary, poorly differentiated, and anaplastic. |
Ontologies
Key Summary Statistics
Cases from any source
| Total |
1083 |
| Female (%) |
818 (76%) |
| Male (%) |
265 (24%) |
Year first recorded
Cases linked in all UK Biobank sources
Cross-source concordance
Vertical bars correspond to number of cases per source/intersection; horizontal bars to left correspond to total number of cases per source.
Incidence & prevalence
Baseline prevalence stratified by sex
| Female |
17.8 (14.96,20.64) |
| Male |
4.34 (2.81,5.87) |
Incidence stratified by sex
| Female |
1.27 (0.97,1.56) |
| Male |
0.44 (0.25,0.63) |
Incidence stratified by age
| Ages 40-44 |
0.5 (0.06,0.94) |
| Ages 45-49 |
1.26 (0.66,1.86) |
| Ages 50-54 |
0.95 (0.47,1.43) |
| Ages 55-59 |
1.09 (0.63,1.56) |
| Ages 60-64 |
0.92 (0.55,1.29) |
| Ages 65-69 |
0.55 (0.23,0.88) |
Period prevalence
Methods
Comparison with general population
Sex-standardised prevalence from CALIBER study (Kuan et al. 2019)
| Population |
Ages 40-49 |
Ages 50-59 |
Ages 60-69 |
| UK Biobank |
11 (8,14) |
15 (12,18) |
14 (12,17) |
| CALIBER |
8 (8,9) |
10 (9,11) |
11 (10,12) |
Stratified by age and Townsend deprivation status
| Deprivation status |
Ages 40-49 |
Ages 50-59 |
Ages 60-69 |
| Least deprived |
12(5,22) |
17(11,25) |
11(7,17) |
| Low |
13(6,24) |
14(9,22) |
16(11,22) |
| Medium |
9(3,18) |
14(8,21) |
14(9,20) |
| High |
9(4,18) |
15(9,23) |
16(11,23) |
| Most deprived |
10(5,18) |
15(10,23) |
15(10,23) |
Stratified by age and country
| Country |
Ages 40-49 |
Ages 50-59 |
Ages 60-69 |
| England |
11(8,15) |
17(14,21) |
14(11,17) |
| Scotland |
9(3,22) |
12(6,21) |
16(9,25) |
| Wales |
10(2,29) |
4(0,14) |
18(10,32) |
Definition
| UK Biobank field id |
Description |
Code |
Value |
| 20001 |
Cancer code, self-reported |
1065 |
thyroid cancer |
| 41202 |
Diagnoses - main ICD10 |
C73 |
Malignant neoplasm of thyroid gland |
| 41204 |
Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 |
C73 |
Malignant neoplasm of thyroid gland |
| 40001 |
Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 |
C73 |
Malignant neoplasm of thyroid gland |
| 40002 |
Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 |
C73 |
Malignant neoplasm of thyroid gland |
| 42040 |
GP clinical event records |
B53..00 |
Malignant neoplasm of thyroid gland |
| 42040 |
GP clinical event records |
ZV10y15 |
[V]Personal history of malignant neoplasm of thyroid |
| 40006 |
Type of cancer: ICD10 |
C73 |
Malignant neoplasm of thyroid gland |