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Statistics
Hysterectomy Status
by State and Age
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Hysterectomy Status by State and Age
1998-2000

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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.

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