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Thyroid disease rates much higher in whites and women.(CLINICAL ROUNDS)
CHICAGO -- The prevalence of thyroid cancer and other forms of thyroid disease in the United States is markedly greater among whites and females, according to preliminary data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey for 2005-2006.
The data showed that an estimated 13.3 million Americans have thyroid disease, including nearly 240,000 who have been diagnosed with thyroid cancer, Dr. Pramil Cheriyath reported at the annual meeting of the American Thyroid Association.
The prevalence of thyroid disease was 7.8% among whites, 2.7% among blacks, and 1.8% in Hispanics. the prevalence was 7.1% in females and 1.7% in males, according to Dr. Cheriyath of Harrisburg (Pa) Hospital.
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