Table 1.

Numbers and crude rates of hysterectomy per 100,000 women in Utah during 1992–94 and 1995–97

	1992–94		1995–97
Age Group	Number	Rate	Number	Rate
15–24	287	57	212	36a
25–34	3,568	838	2,910	664ab
35–44	6,138	1597	6,232	1494ab
45–54	3,679	1455	3,990	1328a
55–64	1,145	636	1,224	624
65–74	834	547	807	512
75+	373	288	411	287
15+	16,024	788	15,786	705a

Data source: Utah Hospital Discharge Data, Public Dataset. ^aSignificant change in rates between 1992–94 and 1995–97, p < 0.05.