Temporal Trends in Hospitalization due to Pediatric Thyroid Cancer in Chile: A Population-Based Analysis from 2001 to 2024
Authors' conclusion
Pediatric thyroid cancer hospitalization rates in Chile have risen substantially over 2 decades, driven primarily by adolescents.
Study context
- Population
- Children and adolescents aged 1–19 years hospitalized for thyroid cancer (ICD-10 C73), Chile's mandatory national hospital discharge registry (all public and private admissions), 2001–2024
- Participants
- 2,078 hospitalizations
- Outcome
- Thyroid cancer hospitalization rates per 100,000 inhabitants and their temporal trends
- Follow-up
- 2001–2024
Methodological detailsnational hospital discharge registry
- National hospital discharge registry
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Pediatric thyroid cancer hospitalization rate trends
Hospitalization rate increased (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.48 to 2.46
Average annual absolute increase (Prais-Winsten), per 100,000
0.08
p < 0.001
Annual relative increase (Poisson), IRR
1.047
4.7%p < 0.001
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Average annual percentage change (AAPC) by sex in adolescents
- Adolescent males AAPC
- 6.8%
- Adolescent females AAPC
- 4.8%
Share of all thyroid cancer admissions
- Pediatric share of all thyroid cancer admissions
- 2.8%
Treatment patterns and LOS
- Surgical management increased over time; median LOS remained stable
Original publication
Temporal Trends in Hospitalization due to Pediatric Thyroid Cancer in Chile: A Population-Based Analysis from 2001 to 2024. Horm Res Paediatr. Published 14 August 2026. doi:10.
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