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 |
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*
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.