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Rates of surgical procedures for lumbar stenosis per 100,000 Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 and older, age and sex adjusted by the direct method to the 2002 population.*
*Excludes patients enrolled under Social Security Disability Income, End Stage Renal Disease, or Health Maintenance Organizations.
