Long-Term Survival in Young Women: Hazards and Competing Risks after Thyroid Cancer

Table 4

Distribution of Causes of Death by Age Group: 1975–2009 SEER 9 (Follow-Up through December 31, 2009).

Cause of Death	𝑁	% all cases	% all deaths
<40 years (𝑁= 14,450)
Any Cause	406	2.8%
Thyroid Cancer	63	0.4%	15.5%
Other Cancer	113	0.8%	27.8%
Other Causes	176	1.2%	43.4%
Heart Disease (Rank #1)	38	21.6%^†	9.4%
Accidents/Adverse Events (Rank #2)	23	13.1%^†	5.7%
Cerebrovascular Disease (Rank #3)	17	9.7%^†	4.2%
State DC not available^‡	54	0.4%	13.3%
40+ years (𝑁= 20,513)
Any Cause	3,601	17.6%
Thyroid Cancer	962	4.7%	26.7%
Other Cancer	648	3.2%	18.0%
Other Causes	1,866	9.1%	51.8%
Heart Disease (Rank #1)	692	37.1%^†	19.2%
Cerebrovascular Disease (Rank #2)	221	11.8%^†	6.1%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (Rank #3)	91	4.9%^†	2.5%
State DC not available^‡	125	0.6%	3.5%

^†% of other causes of death.
^‡Censored in all Cox regression models.