Key Statistics from the National Survey of Family Growth

H Listing

• HIV risk - See STD/HIV risk
• HIV testing - See STD treatment/HIV testing
• Hysterectomy - See also Sterilization (female)

Hysterectomy

• Percent of women 40-44 years of age in 2002 who have ever had a hysterectomy: 12.3%

  Source: Series 23, No. 25, Table 70 [PDF - 4.7 MB]

• Main reason cited for hysterectomy among women 15-44 years of age who ever had a hysterectomy, 2002:
  • Medical reasons: 89.5%
  • Woman had all children she wanted: 9.2%
  • Other reason: 1.3%

  Source: Series 23, No. 25, Table 73 [PDF - 4.7 MB]