Table 2.
Categorical Demographic Variables Obtained from 117,691 Subjects Undergoing Benign Hysterectomy from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2019
| Characteristic N = 117,691 |
N (%) |
|---|---|
| Age in quintiles | |
| Minimum to 20th percentile (18–40 years) | 28,878 (24.5) |
| 20th–40th percentiles (41–45 years) | 25,306 (21.5) |
| 40th–60th percentiles (46–51 years) | 29,840 (25.4) |
| 60th–80th percentiles (52–61 years) | 18,874 (16.0) |
| 80th percentile to maximum (62–90 years) | 13,053 (11.1) |
| Year of hysterectomy | |
| 2014 | 12,157 (10.3) |
| 2015 | 14,570 (12.4) |
| 2016 | 18,523 (15.7) |
| 2017 | 20,373 (17.3) |
| 2018 | 24,910 (21.2) |
| 2019 | 27,158 (23.1) |
| Hysterectomy type | |
| Abdominal | 29,325 (24.9) |
| Vaginal | 14,496 (12.3) |
| Laparoscopic | 73,870 (62.8) |
| Race/ethnicity | |
| Hispanic | 10,749 (9.1) |
| Non-Hispanic African American | 19,670 (16.7) |
| Non-Hispanic Asian | 3,685 (3.1) |
| Non-Hispanic White | 18,635 (15.8) |
| Other (Non-Hispanic) or Unknown | 64,952 (55.2) |
| History of diabetes | 9,451 (8.0) |
| Current smoker within last year | 18,004 (15.3) |
| Parity (number of births of viable gestational age) | |
| 0 | 24,846 (21.1) |
| 1 | 18,739 (15.9) |
| 2 | 38,435 (32.7) |
| 3 | 22,325 (19.0) |
| 4 | 8,741 (7.4) |
| 5 | 2,785 (2.4) |
| 6 or more | 1,820 (1.6) |
| History of prior abdominal surgery | 32,039 (27.2) |
| History of prior pelvic surgery | 67,107 (57.0) |
| Endometriosis present | 16,502 (14.0) |
| Uterine weight > 250 grams* | 32,228 (27.8) |
| Surgical subspecialty | |
| General OB-GYN | 93,917 (79.8) |
| Gynecologic oncology | 23,774 (20.2) |
*Uterine weight > 250 grams only available for 115,981 subjects.