Epidemiology of Thyroid Cancer in an Area of Epidemic Thyroid Goiter

Table 3

Comparison with incidence and mortality rates of other Italian provinces.

Province	Incidence   (/100,000 per year)		Mortality   (/100,000 per year)
	Males	Females	Males	Females
Alto Adige	3.2	6.1	0.9	1
Biella	4.2	9.5	0.7	0.6
Ferrara	8.1	24.7	0.6	0.5
Firenze	4.2	12.9	0.5	0.7
Friuli V.G.	3.6	12.8	0.6	0.9
Genova	4.5	12.9	0.5	0.5
Macerata	3.7	8	0.4	0.5
Modena	7	18.9	0.4	0.6
Napoli	4	10.8	0.9	0.7
Parma	6.1	17.1	1	0.5
Ragusa	2.8	8.7	0.3	0.8
Reggio Emilia	2.8	20.3	0.3	0.5
Romagna	5.3	18	0.4	0.7
Salerno	4.2	14.6	0.8	0.8
Sassari	3.9	15	0.8	0.6
Torino	3.1	10.4	0.3	0.7
Trento	2.9	9.4	0.4	0.7
Umbria	4.5	12.4	0.6	0.6
Varese	4.2	9.5	0.5	0.3
Veneto	3.4	10.1	0.4	0.6
MEAN	4.5	13.7	0.6	0.7