[Epidemiology and early diagnosis of thyroid cancer (based on data from the Oncology Dispensary of the city of Stara Zagora, the People's Republic of Bulgaria)].

An epidemiologic study on thyroid gland cancer in the catchment area of Stara Zagora District Oncological Dispensary with a population of 645,000 was conducted in 1964-1983. The morbidity rate was 1.62/100,000 population, thyroid cancer amounting to 0.83% of all malignancies. Female morbidity was 2.7 times that of males. The highest level of morbidity for both sexes was in the age interval of 31-50 years. Morbidity in urban and rural areas was on the ratio of 1.5:1.