Worldwide, the incidence of thyroid<unk>  ranges from as low of 40,000 per 100,000 persons to a high of 71,000 per 100,000 persons with an average incidence of 50,000 per 100,000 persons. The incidence of thyroid cancer is estimated to be a total number of 48,288 cases annually in United states. Thyroid<unk> s are common, their prevalence being largely dependent on the identification method, as sensitivity and specificity of different methods for thyroid<unk>  diagnosis varies. In United States, the prevalence of thyroid<unk>  detected by palpation alone ranges from a low of 2,000 per 100,000 persons  to a high of 6,000 per 100,000 persons, while the prevalence of thyroid<unk>  detected by ultrasound ranges from a low of 20,000 per 100,000 persons to a high of 35,000 per 100,000 persons. Worldwide, the prevalence of palpable thyroid<unk>  is approximately 5,000 per 100,000 in women and 1,000 per 100,000 in men living in iodine-sufficient parts of the world, and the prevalence of ultrasound detected thyroid<unk> s ranges from as low as 19,000 per 100,000 to as high as 68,000 per 100,000. Thyroid<unk> s commonly affects individuals younger than 20 and older than 50 years of age. Females are more commonly affected with thyroid<unk> s than males.
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