Name	Born	Location	Birth control	Hysterectomy	Reasons	Removed	Interview date
Mrs Lai	1952	Pingtung	Unknown	1997	Myoma, heavy bleeding	uterus	10 April 2009
Mrs Qiu	1941	Pingtung	None	1987	Pain, myoma	uterus	10 April 2009
Ms Miao Young	1952	Miaoli	Contraceptive	1990s	Myoma, bleeding	uterus	29 May 2010
Mrs Miao	1942	Miaoli	Lippes Loop	1972	Leucorrhoea, fear of cancer	uterus	29 May 2010
Ms Xu	1951	Kaohsiung	Lippes Loops	1997	Menstruation	uterus	13 May 2010
Ms Wu	1961	Pingtung	Tubal ligation	1991	Menstrual pain, myoma, fallopian tube oedema	uterus	11 Aug 2010
Mrs Lin	1950	Pingtung	Tubal ligation	1997	Myoma, oedema, fear of cancer	uterus, ovaries	11 Aug 2010
Mrs Wang	1954	Taichung	Tubal ligation	1991	Myoma	uterus, ovaries	12 Aug 2010 phone
Mrs Moon	1960	Taichung	Tubal ligation	1997	6–7 cm myoma	uterus	12 Aug 2010 phone
Lin Spring	1954	Kaohsiung	None	2003	6–7 cm myoma	uterus	13 Aug 2010
Zheng Snow	1958	Pingtung	None	1990	Myoma	uterus	14 Aug 2010 phone
Ms Huang	1946	Pingtung	None	1981	Myoma, heavy bleeding	uterus, ovaries, appendix	4 July 2012
Mrs Cai	1942	Taichung	Lippes Loops	1990	Suspicion of cervical cancer	uterus	5 Sep 2012
Sumama	1932	Pingtung	None	1981	Declined the surgery	NA	12 Aug 2010

Medical practitioners: Ms C (midwife) Hualien, interviewed on 2 August 2011; Dr L (ob/gyn since 1980) Kaohsiung, interviewed on 11 July 2012; Dr J (family practitioner since 1985) Kaohsiung, interviewed on 24 May 2012; Dr K (ob/gyn since 1973) Kaohsiung, interviewed on 21 April 2017.