Phillip,
Thanks for getting back to me.
I've identified a number of reports that cover the data on inpatient
surgeries in the US for the past decade or so.
To see the full data sets, I suggest you peruse the reports at the
links provided in my answer, below. I have extracted the numbers for
some of the more common surgical procedures, and presented them here.
I trust the information provided will fully meet your needs.
However, please don't rate this answer if you find you would like
additional information. Instead, just post a Request for
Clarification to let me know how I can assist you further, and I am at
your service.
All the best,
pafalafa-ga
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The most recent dataset for inpatient surgeries comes from the
Hospital Discharge Survey of the Centers for Disease Cotnrol and
Prevention:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/ad/ad359.pdf
July 8, 2005
Advance Data
2003 National Hospital Discharge Survey
In particular, the data on surgical procedures for 2003 can be found in Table 8:
Number of all-listed procedures for discharges from short-stay
hospitals by procedure category and age: United States, 2003
I've extracted from that table all surgical procedures for which there
were more than 500,000 performed in 2003:
Operations on the nervous system..............................1,241,000
Operations on the respiratory system .........................1,062,000
Operations on the cardiovascular system .......................6,821,000
--Balloon angioplasty of coronary artery
or coronary atherectomy................................664,000
--Insertion of coronary artery stent(s)..................574,000
--Cardiac catheterization..............................1,257,000
Operations on the digestive system .............................5,737,000
Endoscopy of large intestine with or without biopsy ..............615,000
Operations on the urinary system................................1,014,000
Operations on the female genital organs ........................2,052,000
--Hysterectomy............................................615,000
--Episiotomy with or without forceps or vacuum
extraction................................................716,000
--Artificial rupture of membranes.........................884,000
--Cesarean section .....................................1,130,000
--Repair of current obstetric laceration ...............1,198,000
Operations on the musculoskeletal system ........................3,737,000
--Reduction of fracture...................................643,000
Operations on the integumentary system...........................1,403,000
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The same report also lists the rate of procedures, per 10,000
population, in Table 9:
Rate of all-listed procedures for discharges from short-stay hospitals
by procedure category and age: United States, 2003
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Similar comparative data for 2001 can be found in the Discharge Survey
report for 2001, which presents the data in order of the, ahem, most
popular surgeries:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hdasd/sr13_156t26.pdf
Table 26. Number and rate of all-listed surgical and nonsurgical
procedures for discharges from short-stay hospitals, by selected
procedure categories: United States, 2001
Cardiac catheterization................................................1,208,000
Repair of current obstetric laceration.................................1,185,000
Removal of coronary artery obstruction/insertion of stent(s) ..1,051,000
Cesarean section ................................................973,000
Artificial rupture of membranes .................................848,000
Episiotomy with or without forceps or vacuum extraction .........843,000
Hysterectomy ....................................................649,000
Reduction of fracture ...........................................638,000
--Open reduction of fracture with internal fixation ........432,000
Endoscopy of small intestine with biopsy .........................563,000
Coronary artery bypass graft .....................................516,000
Oophorectomy and salpingo-oophorectomy ...........................510,000
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Also, there is some convenient trends data presented in the ever-handy
Statistical Abstracts of the United States - 2004:
http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/04statab/health.pdf
See table No. 165:
Procedures for Inpatients Discharged From Short-Stay Hospitals: 1990 to 2002
Number of procedures (in thousands -- 23,051 = 23,051,000)
..........................................1990......1995......2000......2002
Surgical procedures, total. . . . . . . 23,051 ...22,530.....23,244 ....25,255
Cardiac catheterization . . . . . . . . . 995.....1,068..... 1,221..... 1,328
Removal of coronary artery obstruction . . 285...... 434..... 1,025..... 1,204
Reduction of fracture . . . . . . . . . . .609 ......577........628....... 606
Coronary artery bypass graft . . . . . . . 392...... 573....... 519....... 515
Repair of current obstetric laceration . . 795...... 964..... 1,136..... 1,234
Cesarean section . . . . . . . . . . . . . 945...... 785....... 855..... 1,059
Hysterectomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591...... 583....... 633....... 669
[apologies in advance if these mini-tables don't format
properly...it's sometimes hard to get them to line up after posting ]
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Lastly, an overview report of healthcare in the US presents another
look at trends, according to rates (rather than raw numbers) of
surgeries:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/misc/healthcare.pdf
Health Care in America: Trends in Utilization
The data are presented in sections, such as the one on "Selected
Cardiac Procedures, by Age", and usually end in summary charts or
tables:
Chart 33A: Coronary artery bypass graft surgeries for discharges from
short-stay hospitals, by age: United States, 1990?2000
Again, I hope that's everything you need, but if not, just let me know
what else I can do for you.
pafalafa-ga
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