Table 2.
Number and proportion of meniscal resections, meniscal repairs and debridement by sex, age group, Regional Health Authority (RHA), public and private hospitals in 2012 and 2016
| Meniscal resection | Meniscal repair | Debridement | ||||
| 2012 | 2016 | 2012 | 2016 | 2012 | 2016 | |
| Sex, number (%)* | ||||||
| Males | 7181 (60) | 4482 (62) | 358 (66) | 648 (62) | 1950 (54) | 677 (51) |
| Females | 4859 (40) | 2691 (38) | 184 (34) | 401 (38) | 1633 (46) | 652 (49) |
| Age group, number (%) | ||||||
| 10–19 | 301 (3) | 343 (5) | 155 (32) | 289 (28) | 70 (4) | 71 (5) |
| 20–29 | 722 (6) | 719 (10) | 180 (37) | 334 (32) | 156 (8) | 134 (10) |
| 30–39 | 1286 (11) | 939 (13) | 86 (18) | 224 (21) | 261 (14) | 164 (12) |
| 40–49 | 2734 (24) | 1842 (26) | 47 (10) | 149 (14) | 451 (23) | 326 (25) |
| 50–59 | 3117 (28) | 1849 (26) | 12 (2) | 45 (4) | 530 (28) | 342 (26) |
| 60–69 | 2313 (21) | 1072 (15) | 4 (1) | 6 (1) | 350 (18) | 210 (16) |
| 70–79 | 674 (6) | 372 (5) | – | – | 96 (5) | 78 (6) |
| 80+ | 106 (1) | 37 (1) | – | – | 13 (1) | 4 (0.3) |
| Patients ≥ 50 by hospital type and region (%) | ||||||
| Public, South-East RHA | 59 | 46 | – | 4 | 52 | 56 |
| Public, other RHAs | 54 | 46 | 4 | 6 | 53 | 34 |
| Private (all RHAs) | 54 | 48 | 4 | 3 | 50 | 47 |
| Hospital type and region, number (%) | ||||||
| Public, South-East RHA | 5531 (50) | 2426 (34) | 281 (58) | 615 (59) | 653 (23) | 298 (39) |
| Public, other RHAs | 3157 (28) | 2114 (29) | 205 (42) | 295 (28) | 822 (34) | 508 (23) |
| Private, South-East RHA | 1515 (13) | 978 (14) | – | 76 (7) | 79 (4) | 60 (4) |
| Private, other RHAs | 976 (9) | 1653 (23) | – | 63 (6) | 373 (19) | 463 (34) |
| Sum annual procedures | 11 253 (100) | 7173 (100) | 486 (100) | 1049 (100) | 1927 (100) | 1329 (100) |
*Values for ‘2012’ refer to 2013.