Research Article

Sociodemographic Predictors of Survival in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: Results from the SEER Database

Table 1

General patient characteristics.


Total 𝑁 (%)Papillary 𝑁 (%)Follicular 𝑁 (%)

Gender
 Male12,580 (22.5)10,722 (21.9)1,858 (26.6)
 Female43,415 (77.5)38,290 (78.1)5,125 (73.4)

Age at diagnosis
 <309,489 (17.0)8,522 (17.4)967 (13.9)
 31–4013,143 (23.5)11,843 (24.2)1,300 (18.6)
 41–5013,539 (24.2)12,071 (24.6)1,468 (21.0)
 51–609,765 (17.4)8,526 (17.4)1,239 (17.7)
 61–705,575 (10.0)4,672 (9.5)903 (12.9)
 71–803,350 (6.0)2,560 (5.2)790 (11.3)
 81–901,048 (1.9)758 (1.6)290 (4.2)
 >9086 (0.15)60 (0.1)26 (0.4)

Ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic White39,530 (78.3)34,586 (78.5)4,944 (77.0)
 Black2,990 (5.9)2,354 (5.3)636 (9.9)
 Asian5,883 (11.7)5,225 (11.9)658 (10.3)
 Hispanic1,559 (3.1)1,432 (3.3)127 (2.0)
 Native American/Alaskan330 (0.65)299 (0.7)31 (0.5)
 Unknown/other169 (0.33)146 (0.3)23 (0.4)

Treatment
 Surgery39,056 (99.0)33,901 (99.1)5,155 (98.6)
 Radioactive iodine21,444 (42.2)25,607 (57.3)3,724 (61.3)