Table 1.

Number of meniscal procedures distributed by age and public or private sector

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	Total
>55 years
Public	1478	1640	2023	2104	2228	2585	2630	2772	2268	3236	3834	3779	30 577
Private	32	35	98	231	240	261	336	710	1435	1446	1467	1331	7622
35–55 years
Public	4129	4382	4853	4974	5037	5241	5117	4830	3688	5196	5364	5275	58 086
Private	26	58	185	434	530	524	675	1569	2859	3297	3401	3361	16 919
<35 years
Public	3078	2994	3111	2921	2867	2751	2798	2508	1957	2499	2783	2836	33 103
Private	7	26	99	203	169	212	189	463	903	941	923	786	4921
Total
Public	8685	9016	9987	9999	10 132	10 577	10 545	10 110	7913	10 931	11 981	11 890	121 766
Private	65	119	382	868	939	997	1200	2742	5197	5684	5791	5478	29 462