Table 2.

Patient characteristics by hysterectomy route

	Laparoscopic	Open	Vaginal	Laparoscopic Converted to Open
	n=2839	n=8611	n=2769	n=154
Mean age ± SD	46.9 ± 10.9	51.5 ± 12.1	51.7 ± 14.1	51.8 ± 10.6
Race
White	86.6%	82.4%	85.7%	83.1%
Black	9.5%	13.7%	11.3%	15.6%
Other	1.6%	1.0%	0.7%	1.3%
Marital Status
Single	18.8%	20.9%	13.5%	24.7%
Married	67.0%	60.0%	64.0%	59.7%
Divorced	8.6%	8.3%	9.9%	6.5%
Other	5.6%	10.8%	12.6%	9.1%
Indication
Benign, n (%)	2316 (21.9)	5541 (52.4)	2615 (24.7)	96 (0.9)
Malignancy, n (%)	523 (15.4)	2670 (78.4)	154 (4.5)	58 (1.7)

SD, standard deviation