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Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Mar;196(3):214.e1–214.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2006.10.390

TABLE 4.

Utilization of vaginal hysterectomy among Olmsted County, Minnesota women by age group, 1965-2002

Age group (y)	1965-1974 rate^*	1975-1984 rate^*	1985-1994 rate^*	1995-2002 rate^*	All years rate^*
<25	4.4	1.0	3.0	5.3	3.3
25-34	385.6	257.3	208.4	133.9	239.4
35-44	1161.3	773.8	649.6	651.8	762.4
45-54	754.1	717.7	585.9	605.4	651.9
55-64	357.2	230.8	260.8	297.0	284.8
65-74	411.1	280.8	295.1	291.6	316.0
75-84	170.9	207.2	164.7	264.0	203.9
≥85	88.9	13.3	71.6	95.1	69.0
Age-adjusted (95% CI)^†	421.7(398.4,444.9)	315.1 (296.7, 333.5)	274.0 (258.9, 289.0)	278.0 (262.8, 293.2)	311.6 (303.0, 320.3)

Annual incidence of the procedure per 100,000 Olmsted County women.

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Age-adjusted incidence per 100,000 women directly adjusted to US white women in 2000 (and 95% CI for the age-adjusted rate).