Thyroid Disorders in Central Ghana: The Influence of 20 Years of Iodization

Table 1

Demography and rates of thyroid disorders seen in Central Ghana from 1982 to 2014.

Year	Number of outpatients seen in a year	Number of thyroid cases seen	Thyroid cases per 100,000 outpatients seen	% female thyroid cases
1982	59594	106	177.9	58.14
1983	57544	82	146.0	65.79
1984	62,474	144	230.5	61.29
1985	67,938	136	200.2	67.24
1986	74,774	134	179.2	68.42
1987	74,768	198	265.9	74.16
1988	74,098	188	253.7	69.15
1989	76,114	174	228.6	59.42
1990	75,168	198	263.4	70.79
1991	73,626	170	230.9	73.85
1992	69,634	166	241.9	76.19
1993	75722	240	316.9	66.67
1994	71404	252	352.9	76.98
1995	70464	198	281.0	62.92
1996	69710	236	338.5	74.62
1997	79464	238	299.5	60.59
1998	73974	202	273.1	81.32
1999	104250	390	374.1	74.62
2000	–	–	–	–
2001	123,618	363	298.5	67.26
2002	127824	417	326.2	77.78
2003	127125	366	287.9	73.91
2004	127,077	318	250.2	75.25
2005	125976	393	312.0	76.58
2006	111,402	474	425.5	76.58
2007	132,138	510	386.0	79.46
2008	131802	447	339.1	64.23
2009	124,971	465	372.1	76.58
2010	134,916	792	587.0	65.58
2011	128,916	567	439.8	71.01
2012	118,308	504	426.0	74.05
2013	115,704	747	645.6	77.84
2014	114,834	630	548.6	71.95