[Thyroid gland disease mortality in Yugoslavia from 1987 to 1992].
The aim of this paper was to obtain the data on mortality rate due to thyroid glang diseases in FR Yugoslavia from Mortality Banc Data, and to compare them with data about the total mortality in Yugoslavia, and to mortality rate due to other endocrine gland diseases over the period from 1987 to 1992. The obtained data indicate that the average mortality rate (number of cases per 100,000 inhabitants) due to thyroid gland diseases was 0.72 and 2.45% of deaths related to other endocrine glands. The main causes of death were adenocarcinoma thyreoideae (72.3%) and hyperthyreosis (19.0%). In total number of deaths due to adenocarcinoma 65.75% were women and 34.25% men; and in total number of deaths related to hyperthyreosis 88.24% were women and 11.76% men.
Trajkovitsh-Pavlovitsh
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Federal Institute of Public Health, Belgrade.
Dimitrijevitsh
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D
Vuchitsh-Jankovitsh
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Tasich
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000401:mortality*; D015022:Yugoslavia / Q000453:epidemiology