Incidence of hyperthyroidism in Stockholm, Sweden, 2003–2005.

Abstract

The total incidence of hyperthyroidism in Stockholm County was found to be 32.7/100,000 per year, of which 75% had GD. There were a higher percentage of smokers among the patients with hyperthyroidism compared with the overall population in Stockholm, but no difference in the frequency of smoking between patients with GD and toxic nodular goitre.