Hysterectomy Status by State and Age
1998-2000

Have you had a hysterectomy?

The following table is representative of the percentage of women, ages 18 and older, within the United States who answered "Yes" to this question on a national survey.*

RANK	STATE	ALL AGES	18-44	45-64	65 +
1	Mississippi	30.8	10.6	51.7	57.1
2	Alabama	30.2	12.3	48.6	53.5
3	Louisiana	29.7	9.6	50.7	55.2
4	Arkansas	27.8	11.2	44.7	50.1
5	South Carolina	27.1	7.8	47.5	51.3
6	Wyoming	26.9	9.8	43.0	51.7
7	Tennessee	26.9	9.8	43.1	51.5
8	Idaho	26.7	8.4	43.7	53.7
9	Georgia	26.4	7.6	44.8	52.5
10	Nevada	26.3	9.0	41.0	54.6
11	Texas	26.0	7.5	43.5	52.9
12	Utah	25.8	7.8	43.8	50.
13	Oklahoma	25.5	8.4	40.0	53.2
14	Kentucky	24.5	8.8	40.3	45.8
15	West Virginia	23.7	7.8	39.6	45.2
16	Colorado	23.6	5.6	36.6	56.9
17	North Carolina	23.6	6.7	39.5	48.5
18	Kansas	23.4	7.8	37.2	47.6
19	Oregon	23.0	5.8	37.6	51.2
20	Arizona	22.9	7.8	35.4	48.4
21	New Mexico	22.5	6.9	35.4	48.3
22	Washington	22.5	5.4	36.4	51.1
23	Florida	21.9	6.3	36.5	45.1
24	Missouri	21.7	6.7	35.6	43.9
25	Ohio	21.5	5.5	37.5	43.3
26	Indiana	21.5	5.6	37.6	42.8
27	Montana	21.5	6.5	35.0	44.3
28	Virginia	20.9	5.6	35.2	43.6
29	Nebraska	20.3	5.5	33.4	43.8
30	California	20.0	4.3	32.1	47.5
31	Michigan	19.8	5.5	31.8	43.5
32	Puerto Rico	19.7	5.9	34.4	37.0
33	Maryland	19.3	5.2	31.0	42.7
34	North Dakota	19.2	5.9	30.4	41.1
35	Pennsylvania	19.1	4.6	31.6	42.4
36	Alaska	19.1	4.4	28.6	48.0
37	Illinois	19.1	4.1	32.1	42.6
38	South Dakota	18.6	5.2	31.6	37.5
39	Maine	18.5	5.6	28.5	41.0
40	Iowa	18.2	4.1	28.8	43.4
41	Rhode Island	17.4	4.7	27.1	39.9
42	Delaware	17.2	3.5	30.0	37.6
43	Wisconsin	16.8	4.2	27.9	36.8
44	Minnesota	16.7	5.2	24.6	38.8
45	District of Columbia	15.9	2.4	26.3	39.7
46	Connecticut	15.9	4.2	26.2	34.3
47	Vermont	15.6	4.2	24.4	35.6
48	New Hampshire	15.3	4.1	23.8	35.2
49	Hawaii	15.2	2.7	24.2	38.0
50	Massachusetts	14.1	3.4	20.2	36.5
51	New Jersey	13.9	3.1	21.7	33.6
52	New York	13.8	3.2	20.4	34.9

* Hysterectomy Status by State, Race/Ethnicity, and Age, 1996-2000. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2000. Survey data, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.