Hysterectomy
Status by State and Race
1998-2000
Have
you had a hysterectomy?
The
following table is representative of the percentage of women, by racial
distribution, within the United States who answered "Yes"
to this question on a national survey.*
|
STATE
|
ALL RACES
|
"White" non-Hispanic
|
"Black" non-Hispanic
|
Hispanic
|
AI/AN
|
A/PI
|
|
Alabama
|
30.2
|
31.4
|
26.2
|
34.1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Alaska
|
19.1
|
18.9
|
27.8
|
20.7
|
21.2
|
-
|
|
Arizona
|
22.9
|
24.9
|
19.7
|
18.4
|
20.9
|
20.2
|
|
Arkansas
|
27.8
|
28.1
|
25.2
|
20.2
|
47.2
|
-
|
|
California
|
20.0
|
20.4
|
24.8
|
18.4
|
-
|
12.4
|
|
Colorado
|
23.6
|
23.0
|
26.2
|
29.9
|
25.3
|
-
|
|
Connecticut
|
15.9
|
14.5
|
21.6
|
25.7
|
-
|
-
|
|
Delaware
|
17.2
|
16.8
|
20.0
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
District
of Columbia
|
15.9
|
12.4
|
18.0
|
15.0
|
*
|
-
|
|
Florida
|
21.9
|
23.4
|
21.6
|
16.5
|
29.5
|
-
|
|
Georgia
|
26.4
|
26.6
|
25.7
|
26.0
|
-
|
17.0
|
|
Hawaii
|
15.2
|
15.5
|
23.1
|
16.4
|
23.0
|
14.3
|
|
Idaho
|
26.7
|
27.0
|
-
|
23.6
|
27.1
|
-
|
|
Illinois
|
19.1
|
19.2
|
20.8
|
11.6
|
-
|
-
|
|
Indiana
|
21.5
|
21.0
|
23.7
|
29.3
|
26.1
|
-
|
|
Iowa
|
18.2
|
18.2
|
26.1
|
16.8
|
29.8
|
18.9
|
|
Kansas
|
23.4
|
23.8
|
20.8
|
19.3
|
22.5
|
-
|
|
Kentucky
|
24.5
|
24.4
|
26.5
|
32.1
|
38.2
|
-
|
|
Louisiana
|
29.7
|
31.8
|
25.3
|
26.7
|
35.2
|
-
|
|
Maine
|
18.5
|
18.3
|
-
|
27.7
|
-
|
-
|
|
Maryland
|
19.3
|
17.9
|
23.7
|
20.6
|
25.6
|
-
|
|
Massachusetts
|
14.1
|
13.7
|
14.9
|
21.2
|
-
|
-
|
|
Michigan
|
19.8
|
19.4
|
24.5
|
14.6
|
25.0
|
-
|
|
Minnesota
|
16.7
|
16.7
|
21.7
|
15.2
|
-
|
-
|
|
Mississippi
|
30.8
|
33.0
|
25.9
|
26.6
|
-
|
*
|
|
Missouri
|
21.7
|
21.4
|
25.4
|
26.2
|
25.9
|
-
|
|
Montana
|
21.5
|
21.8
|
-
|
17.3
|
21.5
|
*
|
|
Nebraska
|
20.3
|
20.1
|
30.2
|
24.9
|
-
|
28.8
|
|
Nevada
|
26.3
|
26.1
|
27.0
|
31.7
|
39.2
|
-
|
|
New
Hampshire
|
15.3
|
15.0
|
*
|
28.9
|
-
|
*
|
|
New
Jersey
|
13.9
|
12.5
|
15.7
|
19.6
|
25.2
|
-
|
|
New
Mexico
|
22.5
|
24.1
|
25.5
|
20.4
|
24.7
|
-
|
|
New
York
|
13.8
|
14.4
|
13.6
|
11.2
|
-
|
-
|
|
North
Carolina
|
23.6
|
23.4
|
24.8
|
19.7
|
27.5
|
-
|
|
North
Dakota
|
19.2
|
19.0
|
-
|
-
|
25.2
|
*
|
|
Ohio
|
21.5
|
21.4
|
24.4
|
19.7
|
-
|
-
|
|
Oklahoma
|
25.5
|
25.6
|
24.3
|
24.2
|
24.8
|
23.0
|
|
Oregon
|
23.0
|
23.3
|
25.0
|
18.2
|
34.0
|
-
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
19.1
|
18.9
|
20.9
|
20.0
|
-
|
17.6
|
|
Puerto
Rico
|
19.7
|
-
|
-
|
19.8
|
*
|
*
|
|
Rhode
Island
|
17.4
|
16.6
|
19.2
|
21.9
|
40.4
|
-
|
|
South
Carolina
|
27.1
|
27.6
|
25.9
|
27.1
|
-
|
*
|
|
South
Dakota
|
18.6
|
18.7
|
-
|
25.1
|
15.6
|
17.0
|
|
Tennessee
|
26.9
|
27.1
|
26.0
|
25.9
|
55.6
|
-
|
|
Texas
|
26.0
|
27.2
|
27.6
|
22.0
|
33.6
|
-
|
|
Utah
|
25.8
|
25.8
|
30.9
|
31.4
|
36.1
|
-
|
|
Vermont
|
15.6
|
15.6
|
-
|
20.6
|
-
|
-
|
|
Virginia
|
20.9
|
20.9
|
25.1
|
16.6
|
-
|
-
|
|
Washington
|
22.5
|
22.6
|
31.3
|
26.6
|
26.5
|
18.7
|
|
West
Virginia
|
23.7
|
23.5
|
25.3
|
30.9
|
27.2
|
-
|
|
Wisconsin
|
16.8
|
16.6
|
24.1
|
17.1
|
28.4
|
-
|
|
Wyoming
|
26.9
|
26.7
|
31.5
|
31.1
|
-
|
-
|
|
AI/AN
|
Non-Hispanic
American Indians or Alaska Natives |
|
A/PI
|
Non-Hispanic
Asian or Pacific Islanders |
|
*
|
Sample
size = 0 |
|
-
|
Unreliable
Data |
| The
percentage is not shown and labeled as unreliable when the relative
standard error (standard error (x))/x*100) is greater than or
equal to 30%. |
*
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.