Table 1 Percentage of women (30–49) undergone hysterectomy by sociodemographic and geographical background in India, NFHS (2015–16)
From: Prevalence, sociodemographic determinants and self-reported reasons for hysterectomy in India
Total number of women | Number of women with hysterectomy | Percentage of women with hysterectomy | P-value (Chi-square) | |
Age | p < 0.000 | |||
30–34 | 96,769 | 2426 | 2.5 | |
35–39 | 90,890 | 4314 | 4.8 | |
40–44 | 71,970 | 6054 | 7.8 | |
45–49 | 74,497 | 7967 | 10.7 | |
Women’s education | p < 0.000 | |||
No schooling | 1,40,926 | 10,515 | 7.5 | |
Primary complete | 50,357 | 3490 | 6.9 | |
Secondary complete | 1,19,795 | 5958 | 5.0 | |
Higher | 29,048 | 798 | 2.7 | |
Caste/tribe | p < 0.000 | |||
Scheduled caste | 67,159 | 3744 | 5.6 | |
Scheduled tribe | 29,944 | 1346 | 4.5 | |
Other backward class | 1,47,083 | 10,180 | 6.9 | |
Other | 95,942 | 5492 | 5.7 | |
Religion | p < 0.000 | |||
Hindu | 2,78,184 | 17,749 | 6.4 | |
Muslim | 41,681 | 2003 | 4.8 | |
Christian | 8887 | 516 | 5.8 | |
Sikh | 6012 | 312 | 5.2 | |
Buddhist/Neo-Buddhist | 3168 | 87 | 2.7 | |
Other | 2195 | 94 | 4.3 | |
Residence | p < 0.000 | |||
Urban | 1,22,950 | 6359 | 5.2 | |
Rural | 2,17,176 | 14,402 | 6.6 | |
Wealth index | p < 0.000 | |||
Lowest | 59,060 | 2685 | 4.5 | |
Second | 63,654 | 3925 | 6.2 | |
Middle | 67,611 | 4771 | 7.1 | |
Fourth | 72,732 | 4966 | 6.8 | |
Highest | 77,069 | 4414 | 5.7 | |
BMI of women# | p < 0.000 | |||
BMI < 25 kg/m2 | 2,31,322 | 12,457 | 5.4 | |
BMI > =25.0 kg/m2 | 1,00,871 | 7847 | 7.8 | |
BMI Not Available | 7933 | 457 | 5.8 | |
Marital Status | p < 0.000 | |||
Currently Married | 3,09,902 | 18,978 | 6.1 | |
Widow | 19,999 | 1468 | 7.3 | |
Others | 10,225 | 314 | 3.1 | |
Age at first cohabitation (years) | p < 0.000 | |||
Less than 15 | 49,767 | 4944 | 9.9 | |
15–19 | 1,54,380 | 9771 | 6.3 | |
20 and above | 1,05,877 | 4272 | 4.0 | |
Not Applicable/available | 30,102 | 1774 | 5.9 | |
Parity | p < 0.000 | |||
0 | 15,729 | 403 | 2.6 | |
1–2 | 1,45,988 | 8166 | 5.6 | |
3 and above | 1,78,408 | 12,191 | 6.8 | |
State/union territory | Total number of women | Number of women with hysterectomy | Percentage of women with hysterectomy | P-value (Chi-square) |
Region | p < 0.000 | |||
North | 45,375 | 1955 | 4.3 | |
Central | 73,527 | 3767 | 5.1 | |
East | 73,111 | 4685 | 6.4 | |
Northeast | 12,126 | 252 | 2.1 | |
West | 50,723 | 3022 | 6.0 | |
South | 85,265 | 7080 | 8.3 | |
India | 3,40,127 | 20,761 | 6.1 | |