How much do American women spend on Breast Implants annually ?

Hi donzilla-ga!

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons
(http://www.plasticsurgery.org) has a wealth of statistics relating to
all types of cosmetic surgery, including breast implants. I found it
to be invaluable in compiling this answer for you.

[American Society of Plastic Surgeons Statics Page]
http://www.plasticsurgery.org/public_education/Statistical-Trends.cfm

Here you can access statistical and trend data for a number of years,
until 2003 at the time of this writing.

The web site also has a PDF document which is linked as "Costs" from
the statistics page, which I believe contains the specific data you
are seeking.

[American Society of Plastic Surgeons Cost Statistics]
http://www.plasticsurgery.org/public_education/loader.cfm?url=/commonspot/security/getfile.cfm&PageID=6065

2002: 
Average procedure cost: $3,436
Total Spent: $814,011,604
(source: ASPS 2002 Cost Statistics-
http://www.plasticsurgery.org/public_education/loader.cfm?url=/commonspot/security/getfile.cfm&PageID=6065)

2001:
Average procedure cost: $3043
Total Spent: $668,997,098
(source: ASPS 2001 Average Physicians Fees Table-
http://www.plasticsurgery.org/public_education/loader.cfm?url=/commonspot/security/getfile.cfm&PageID=1911)

2000:
Average Procedure Cost: $3116
Total Spent: $662,217,415
(source: ASPS Average Physicians Fees Table-
http://www.plasticsurgery.org/public_education/loader.cfm?url=/commonspot/security/getfile.cfm&PageID=1937)

It should be noted that this data is based on average cost, so it is
an estimate, but should be considered close. The data also would not
include procedures performed by a physician who was not a member of
the American Society of Plastic Surgeons- however, the ASPS represents
94% of plastic surgeons in the United States.

Data is available for previous years, going back to 1992- all
documents are linked from the main statistics page on the right.

[ASPS Statistical Trends, 2000-2003]
http://www.plasticsurgery.org/public_education/loader.cfm?url=/commonspot/security/getfile.cfm&PageID=12552

This page provides statistical trend data for cosmetic surgery
procedures done for the last several years.

I hope this information is useful to you. If you have need of further
clarification, please do not hesitate to ask.

Best regards, and thanks for using Google Answers!

Cyclometh-ga

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Clarification of Answer by cyclometh-ga on 04 Apr 2004 22:52 PDT

Hi again, donzilla-ga!

I failed to mention that many of these documents require Adobe's
Acrobat reader, available for no cost at
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.

Also, some of the URLs I posted are long enough that they may be
wrapped in your browser window. If you receive errors trying to
acccess, you may have to copy/paste the URL into your web browser.

Thanks again!

Cyclometh-ga

a log of excellent information about Breast Augmentation can be found at 
http://wwww.implantforum.com/index.html
or 
http://www.glplasticandhandsurgery.com