Facts About Hysterectomy
Did you know:
- Hysterectomy is the second most frequently performed operation for women, second only to Cesarean section.
- Hysterectomy rates are much higher in the United States than in Norway, Sweden, or England.
- By age 65, more than 37 percent of all women in the United States will have had a hysterectomy.
- About 583,000 hysterectomies were performed on U.S. women in 1995.
- U.S. women are more likely to have a hysterectomy if they live in the South or the Midwest.
- Recent studies suggest that about 15 percent of all hysterectomies may be unnecessary.
- Recently trained physicians are less likely to recommend a hysterectomy than ones trained earlier.
- Nearly three-quarters of all hysterectomies are done when women are between 10 and 54 years of age.
- Annual hospital costs for hysterectomy exceed $5 billion per year.
Reprinted from the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR)
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