Table 1.

Percentage of women (30–49) undergone hysterectomy by sociodemographic and geographical background in India, NFHS (2015–16)

	Total number of women	Number of women with hysterectomy	Percentage of women with hysterectomy	P-value (Chi-square)
Age				p < 0.000
30–34	96,769	2426	2.5
35–39	90,890	4314	4.8
40–44	71,970	6054	7.8
45–49	74,497	7967	10.7
Women’s education				p < 0.000
No schooling	1,40,926	10,515	7.5
Primary complete	50,357	3490	6.9
Secondary complete	1,19,795	5958	5.0
Higher	29,048	798	2.7
Caste/tribe				p < 0.000
Scheduled caste	67,159	3744	5.6
Scheduled tribe	29,944	1346	4.5
Other backward class	1,47,083	10,180	6.9
Other	95,942	5492	5.7
Religion				p < 0.000
Hindu	2,78,184	17,749	6.4
Muslim	41,681	2003	4.8
Christian	8887	516	5.8
Sikh	6012	312	5.2
Buddhist/Neo-Buddhist	3168	87	2.7
Other	2195	94	4.3
Residence				p < 0.000
Urban	1,22,950	6359	5.2
Rural	2,17,176	14,402	6.6
Wealth index				p < 0.000
Lowest	59,060	2685	4.5
Second	63,654	3925	6.2
Middle	67,611	4771	7.1
Fourth	72,732	4966	6.8
Highest	77,069	4414	5.7
BMI of women#				p < 0.000
BMI < 25 kg/m2	2,31,322	12,457	5.4
BMI > =25.0 kg/m2	1,00,871	7847	7.8
BMI Not Available	7933	457	5.8
Marital Status				p < 0.000
Currently Married	3,09,902	18,978	6.1
Widow	19,999	1468	7.3
Others	10,225	314	3.1
Age at first cohabitation (years)				p < 0.000
Less than 15	49,767	4944	9.9
15–19	1,54,380	9771	6.3
20 and above	1,05,877	4272	4.0
Not Applicable/available	30,102	1774	5.9
Parity				p < 0.000
0	15,729	403	2.6
1–2	1,45,988	8166	5.6
3 and above	1,78,408	12,191	6.8
State/union territory	Total number of women	Number of women with hysterectomy	Percentage of women with hysterectomy	P-value (Chi-square)
Region				p < 0.000
North	45,375	1955	4.3
Central	73,527	3767	5.1
East	73,111	4685	6.4
Northeast	12,126	252	2.1
West	50,723	3022	6.0
South	85,265	7080	8.3
India	3,40,127	20,761	6.1