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. 2012 Jul 25;345:e4646. doi: 10.1136/bmj.e4646

Table 1.

 Number of patients with hip arthroplasty according to type of implant and age at operation and number of person years

Age (years) Metal-on-metal cohort Non-metal-on-metal cohort*
Men Women Men Women
No of people Person years No of people Person years No of people Person years No of people Person years
0-9 1 1
10-19 5 12 3 15
20-29 25 86 16 49 4 15 7 20
30-39 158 385 67 210 30 95 20 74
40-49 741 2399 468 1326 143 562 157 449
50-59 2275 7144 1642 5236 850 3076 922 3383
60-69 2257 9293 1581 6431 2261 9983 2739 11 076
70-79 762 3240 594 2287 3044 16 530 5394 25 719
≥80 65 254 48 208 697 6153 1954 16 071
Total 6289 22 813 4419 15 764 7029 36 413 11 193 56 792

*Metal-on-polyethylene, ceramic-on-polyethylene, and ceramic-on-ceramic bearing surfaces.