Women have more surgery than men. Of the annual inpatient and outpatient surgeries performed in the United States, 58 percent were women. In fact, the rate of procedures for women was 34 percent higher than men.
Source: National Center for Health Statistics
According to the latest data from the National Center for Health Statistics, 40.3 million inpatient surgical procedures were performed in the United States in 1996, followed closely by 31.5 million outpatient surgeries.
Other 1996 surgical statistics for both in- and outpatient procedures include:
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