Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-1989

Publication Title

Journal of the American Medical Women’s Association

Publisher Location

Reston, VA

Volume

44

Issue

3

First page number:

97

Last page number:

98

Abstract

Hysterectomy is the second (after cesarean section) most commonly performed major surgical procedure in the United States today.1 About [650,000 American women will have hysterectomies in 1989. Thirty-seven percent of all US women will have had a hysterectomy by the time they reach age 60. The number of hysterectomies increased dramatically Born 1965 to 1975, but then leveled off and decreased to the present level of about 7 per 1000 women. The ~ghest rates occur in women aged 35 to 44 years, the age group the so called baby boomers are now entering in large numbers. Therefore, if the age-specific hysterectomy rates remain the same, the number of hysterectomies will increase to 810,000 in 1995 and 854,000 in 2005.

Keywords

Hysterectomy; Surgery; Elective

Disciplines

Obstetrics and Gynecology | Surgery | Women's Health

Language

English

Comments

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