The socioeconomic correlates of hysterectomies in the United States. | Zendy

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The socioeconomic correlates of hysterectomies in the United States.

Author(s) -

Kristen H. Kjerulff,

Patricia Langenberg,

Gay M. Guzinski

Publication year - 1993

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.83.1.106

Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , hysterectomy , behavioral risk factor surveillance system , medicine , incidence (geometry) , race (biology) , demography , marital status , risk factor , gerontology , environmental health , population , surgery , sociology , gender studies , physics , optics

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between incidence of prior hysterectomy and education, income, and race. Data concerning previous hysterectomy and socioeconomic information were collected from 12,465 women 18 years or older as part of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System conducted in 16 states in 1988. The results indicate that women with less education and lower incomes were more likely to have had a hysterectomy. Race was not related to hysterectomy rate.

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