Table 7.

Percentage of patients with carpal tunnel syndrome with a recorded episode of carpal tunnel release surgery per calendar year, as presented in UK primary care (Clinical Practice Research Datalink)

Year	Episodes per 10 000 person-years	% prevalent individuals having surgery	% prevalent females having surgery	% prevalent males having surgery	Female median age (25%–75% IOR)	Male median age (25%–75% IQR)
1993	5.04	19.35	18.78	21.03	53 (43–64)	55 (44–69)
1994	5.70	21.42	20.62	23.52	53 (43–68)	58 (45–70)
1995	6.19	23.81	23.40	24.92	53 (42–67)	55 (44–70)
1996	5.41	20.99	20.48	22.43	53 (44–65)	52 (40–65)
1997	5.70	22.89	22.14	24.81	53 (45–67)	56 (42–69)
1998	5.73	22.28	21.28	25.00	53 (44–65)	53 (44–65)
1999	6.24	25.09	24.60	26.38	54 (44–67)	56 (46–70)
2000	6.41	25.54	24.84	27.23	54 (44–68)	56 (45–69)
2001	6.88	25.87	25.95	25.68	55 (45–68)	58 (46–71)
2002	7.02	24.46	24.19	25.09	57 (46–71)	55 (45–68)
2003	8.26	26.39	25.88	27.66	56 (45–67)	57 (46–71)
2004	9.34	27.48	27.38	27.74	56 (46–67)	57 (47–68)
2005	9.70	29.00	28.31	30.65	57 (47–68)	58 (46–71)
2006	9.36	28.40	28.31	28.61	57 (47–68)	60 (48–72)
2007	9.71	28.66	28.26	29.59	56 (46–69)	59 (48–71)
2008	10.53	29.25	29.00	29.82	56 (46–68)	60 (49–72)
2009	10.92	29.32	28.73	30.66	56 (46–70)	61 (49–72)
2010	10.40	28.22	27.57	29.62	57 (47–71)	61 (48–73)
2011	9.47	26.37	26.11	26.93	57 (47–70)	61 (49–73)
2012	9.48	26.31	25.89	27.19	57 (47–71)	60 (49–73)
2013	9.89	27.41	26.47	29.30	57 (48–70)	62 (51–74)