Table 1.
Arthroscopic meniscectomy in Spain (2003 to 2018) in the entire population, men and women
| Parameter | 2003 | 2007 | 2011 | 2015 | 2018a |
| All | |||||
| Procedures | 20,384 | 25,105 | 27,628 | 29,618 | 29,430 |
| Standardized rate | 4.8 (4.9 to 5.6) | 5.5 (4.6 to 6.3) | 5.7 (4.9 to 6.6) | 6.1 (5.2 to 7) | 6.3 (5.4 to 7.3) |
| EQ5-95 | 32.8 | 21.7 | 18.6 | 17.2 | 11.6 |
| Men | |||||
| Procedures | 12,353 | 15,370 | 17,624 | 18,516 | 18,083 |
| Standardized rate | 5.9 (4.6 to 7.1) | 6.8 (5.4 to 8.1) | 7.5 (6 to 8.9) | 7.9 (6.4 to 9.4) | 8.1 (6.5 to 9.6) |
| EQ5-95 | 29.3 | 18.7 | 16.6 | 15.4 | 8.7 |
| Women | |||||
| Procedures | 8031 | 9735 | 10,004 | 11,102 | 11,347 |
| Standardized rate | 3.7 (2.7 to 4.7) | 4.2 (3.2 to 5.2) | 4.1 (3.1 to 5.1) | 4.4 (3.3 to 5.4) | 4.7 (3.6 to 5.7) |
| EQ5-95 | 46.2 | 33.3 | 42 | 22.4 | 17.4 |
Values are presented as the mean (95% CI).
aThe healthcare areas of Galicia are not included. Standardized rate = standardized age-gender rates per 10,000 inhabitants, using the 2003 Spanish census population as the reference; EQ5-95 = extremal quotient 95-5 is the ratio between the standardized rate of arthroscopic meniscectomies of a health area at the 95th percentile and the standardized rate of an area at the 5th percentile. A low value implies low variability among areas and a high value means there are large differences in the indication for this procedure among them.