The percentage of women aged ≥50 years who have had a hysterectomy decreased from 36.6% in 2008 to 31.7% in 2018. Decreases were also observed among non-Hispanic white women (37.5% to 33.3%) and Hispanic women (30.3% to 22.6%), but there was no significant decrease for non-Hispanic black women (40.4% to 36.8%). For both time points, non-Hispanic black and non-Hispanic white women were more likely than Hispanic women to have had a hysterectomy.
Source: National Health Interview Survey, 2008 and 2018 data. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.htm.
Footnotes
Percentages shown with 95% confidence intervals.
† Based on the response of “yes” to the survey question “Have you ever had a hysterectomy?”
§ Estimates are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian, noninstitutionalized U.S. population and are derived from the National Health Interview Survey sample adult component.