Table 1.
Annual intervention rate (AIR) for inguinal and femoral hernia repair by sex and age group
|
Inguinal hernia |
Women |
Men |
Total |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
Unilat |
Bilat |
Total |
Unilat |
Bilat |
Total |
|
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| n | n | n | AIR | n | n | n | AIR | n | AIR | |
| 0 y |
92 |
232 |
324 |
148.8 |
1190 |
154 |
1344 |
584.9 |
1668 |
372.7 |
| 01-05 y |
953 |
375 |
1328 |
124.6 |
3392 |
145 |
3537 |
313.4 |
4865 |
221.7 |
| 06-14 y |
513 |
80 |
593 |
32.3 |
1600 |
39 |
1639 |
84.4 |
2232 |
59.1 |
| 15-24 y |
262 |
7 |
269 |
12.2 |
2090 |
69 |
2159 |
92.9 |
2428 |
53.5 |
| 25-44 y |
2063 |
74 |
2137 |
29.5 |
18572 |
1113 |
19685 |
257.5 |
21822 |
146.6 |
| 45-64 y |
3612 |
129 |
3741 |
61.5 |
44316 |
3274 |
47590 |
789.4 |
51331 |
423.9 |
| 65-74 y |
2754 |
155 |
2909 |
113.6 |
26495 |
1714 |
28209 |
1318.5 |
31118 |
662.1 |
| 75-84 y |
2455 |
101 |
2556 |
133.2 |
14264 |
785 |
15049 |
1324.4 |
17605 |
576.4 |
| > 85 y |
646 |
29 |
675 |
88.5 |
2215 |
116 |
2331 |
865.8 |
3006 |
291.3 |
| Total |
13350 |
1182 |
14532 |
60.8 |
114134 |
7409 |
121543 |
532.1 |
136075 |
291.2 |
|
Femoral hernia |
Women |
Men |
Total |
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| |
Unilat |
Bilat |
Total |
Unilat |
Bilat |
Total |
|
|||
| |
n |
n |
n |
AIR |
n |
n |
n |
AIR |
n |
AIR |
| 0 y |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0.5 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.4 |
2 |
0.4 |
| 01-05 y |
11 |
0 |
11 |
1.0 |
6 |
3 |
9 |
0.8 |
20 |
0.9 |
| 06-14 y |
13 |
0 |
13 |
0.7 |
10 |
0 |
10 |
0.5 |
23 |
0.6 |
| 15-24 y |
30 |
0 |
30 |
1.4 |
11 |
2 |
13 |
0.6 |
43 |
0.9 |
| 25-44 y |
498 |
14 |
512 |
7.1 |
161 |
7 |
168 |
2.2 |
680 |
4.6 |
| 45-64 y |
976 |
33 |
1009 |
16.6 |
508 |
20 |
528 |
8.8 |
1537 |
12.7 |
| 65-74 y |
741 |
13 |
754 |
29.4 |
409 |
24 |
433 |
20.2 |
1187 |
25.3 |
| 75-84 y |
839 |
33 |
872 |
45.5 |
351 |
12 |
363 |
31.9 |
1235 |
40.4 |
| > 85 y |
432 |
5 |
437 |
57.3 |
88 |
2 |
90 |
33.4 |
527 |
51.1 |
| Total | 3540 | 99 | 3639 | 15.2 | 1545 | 70 | 1615 | 7.1 | 5254 | 11.2 |