Incidence of thyroid disorders in Connecticut.

A prospective study involving 1,544 patients who had annual physical examinations during a one-year period was conducted to determine the incidence of htyroid abnormalities in a practice of general internal medicine. A total of 5.8% abnormalities were found including nodular disease, thyroiditis, Graves' disease, hypothyroidism, simple goiter, and iatrogenic hyperthyroidism. No thyroid cancer was detected.