TABLE 1.

Numbers of Residents of California State Homes and Hospitals Recommended for Sterilization Between 1919 and 1952 and Estimated Surviving Population in 2016

Variable	Recommended for Sterilization (n = 19 498), No. (%)	Estimated Survivors in 2016 (n = 831), No. (%)
Gender
Male	9586 (49)	320 (38)
Female	9912 (51)	511 (62)
Year recommended for sterilization
1919–1924	1998 (10)	0 (0)
1925–1929	3402 (17)	0 (0)
1930–1934	3418 (18)	11 (1)
1935–1939	4391 (23)	78 (9)
1940–1944	3579 (18)	227 (27)
1945–1949	2306 (12)	403 (49)
1950–1952	404 (2)	111 (13)
Age at sterilization recommendation, y
< 12	37 (0)	3 (<1)
12–14	925 (5)	141 (17)
15–17	3597 (18)	421 (51)
18–19	1782 (9)	121 (15)
20–24	3478 (18)	109 (13)
25–29	3273 (17)	31 (4)
30–34	2867 (15)	3 (<1)
35–39	2170 (11)	0 (0)
40–44	919 (5)	0 (0)
45–49	321 (2)	0 (0)
≥ 50	129 (1)	0 (0)
Age in 2016, y
75–79	…	8 (1)
80–84	…	218 (26)
85–89	…	310 (37)
90–94	…	209 (25)
95–99	…	78 (9)
≥ 100	…	5 (1)

Note. Percentages might not add to 100 because of rounding.