Prevalence and Incidence of Hysterectomy
Hysterectomy Prevalence: Book Excerpts
Incidence (annual) of Hysterectomy:
590,000 annually ... see also overview of Hysterectomy.
Incidence Rate:
approx 1 in 461 or 0.22% or 590,000 people in USA [Source statistic for calcuation: "590,000 annually" -- see also general information about data sources]
Incidence extrapolations for USA for Hysterectomy:
589,999 per year,
49,166 per month,
11,346 per week,
1,616 per day,
67 per hour,
1 per minute,
0 per second.
[Source statistic for calculation: "590,000 annually" -- see also general information about data sources]
Lifetime risk for Hysterectomy:
1/3 of women by age of 60 in the US (The National Women’s Health Information Center, CDC)
Incidence of Hysterectomy:
In 1995, approximately 590,000
women in this country will undergo the procedure. (Source: excerpt from Hysterectomy: NWHIC)
Incidence statistics for Hysterectomy:
The following statistics relate to the incidence of Hysterectomy:
- 600,000 per year for women in the US (The National Women’s Health Information Center, CDC)
- more statistics...»
Prevalence/Incidence of Hysterectomy: Online Medical Books
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Pelvic inflammatory disease:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
PID can result from infection with aerobic or anaerobic organisms. The organisms Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis are the most common cause because they most readily penetrate the bacteriostatic barrier of cervical mucus.
Normally, cervical secretions have a protective and defensive function. Therefore, conditions or procedures that alter or destroy cervical mucus impair this bacteriostatic mechanism and allow bacteria present in the cervix or vagina to ascend into the uterine cavity; such procedures include conization or cauterization of the cervix.
Uterine infection can also follow the transfer of contaminated cervical mucus into the endometrial cavity by instrumentation. Consequently, PID can follow insertion of an intrauterine device, use of a biopsy curet or an irrigation catheter, or tubal insufflation. Other predisposing factors include abortion, pelvic surgery, and infection during or after pregnancy.
Bacteria may also enter the uterine cavity through the bloodstream or from drainage from a chronically infected fallopian tube, a pelvic abscess, a ruptured appendix, diverticulitis of the sigmoid colon, or other infectious foci.
Common bacteria found in cervical mucus are staphylococci, streptococci, diphtheroids, chlamydiae, and coliforms, including Pseudomonas and Escherichia coli. Uterine infection can result from any one or several of these organisms or may follow the multiplication of normally nonpathogenic bacteria in an altered endometrial environment. Bacterial multiplication is most common during parturition because the endometrium is atrophic, quiescent, and not stimulated by estrogen.
In the United States, nearly 1 million people develop PID each year; many cases go undiagnosed. About 1 in 8 active adolescents will develop PID before age 21.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
About prevalence and incidence statistics:
The term 'prevalence' of Hysterectomy usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing Hysterectomy at any given time.
The term 'incidence' of Hysterectomy refers to the annual diagnosis rate,
or the number of new cases of Hysterectomy diagnosed each year.
Hence, these two statistics types can differ:
a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence,
but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence.
For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics.
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