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Table 2 Hysterectomy prevalences and highest school and professional degree

From: Educational level, prevalence of hysterectomy, and age at amenorrhoea: a cross-sectional analysis of 9536 women from six population-based cohort studies in Germany

 

KORA-S4

KORA-F3

HNR

DHS

CARLA

SHIP-0

Women (N)

2,171

 

1,639

 

2,038

 

694

 

810

 

2,184

 

Hysterectomised N (%)

406

(18.7)

388

(23.7)

496

(24.3)

151

(21.8)

174

(21.5)

235

(10.8)

School degree % and 95% CI

            

< 45 year

            

Low

4.7

2.6-7.8

5.6

2.3-11.2

  

7.5

2.1-18.2

  

1.8

0.0-9.7

Middle

2.5

1.1-4.8

3.3

0.9-8.2

  

0.0

0.0-4.3

  

2.7

1.6-4.2

High

1.1

0.2-3.1

0.0

0.0-3.9

  

2.5

0.5-7.1

  

1.6

0.3-4.7

45-64 years

            

Low

31.6

27.8-35.5

28.7

24.5-33.1

25.8

22.9-28.8

31.0

24.6-37.9

24.1

13.5-37.6

20.6

16.8-24.9

Middle

27.9

21.9-34.5

21.9

16.8-27.8

21.4

17.0-26.4

32.8

21.6-45.7

19.2

14.9-24.0

13.1

9.6-17.3

High

17.3

10.6-26.0

14.4

8.6-22.1

14.9

10.8-19.7

14.8

6.6-27.1

14.0

7.7-22.7

18.2

11.5-26.7

65+ years

            

Low

32.7

27.2-38.6

35.0

30.3-39.9

29.5

25.2-34.0

41.0

31.3-51.3

23.9

18.2-30.3

15.0

11.5-19.2

Middle

31.8

20.9-44.4

28.0

18.7-39.1

22.3

14.4-32.1

45.5

24.4-67.8

29.5

21.2-38.8

20.4

10.6-33.5

High

29.6

13.8-50.2

48.6

31.4-66.0

27.5

15.9-41.7

37.5

8.5-75.5

18.9

8.0-35.2

10.0

1.2-31.7

Professional degree % and 95% CI

            

< 45 years

            

Low

7.1

2.0-17.3

0.0

0.0-22.1

  

6.7

0.8-22.1

  

0.0

0.0-20.6

Middle

2.8

1.7-4.3

4.1

2.1-7.2

  

2.7

0.7-6.7

  

2.5

1.5-3.9

High

1.3

0.2-4.5

0.0

0.0-7.4

  

1.6

0.0-8.5

  

3.0

0.8-7.4

45-64 years

            

Low

32.1

25.7-39.2

31.1

23.1-40.2

29.3

22.8-36.5

27.8

16.5-41.6

12.5

2.7-32.4

21.2

12.1-33.0

Middle

30.0

26.4-33.8

24.2

20.8-27.9

23.2

20.7-25.8

30.7

24.5-37.3

20.4

16.4-24.9

17.3

14.5-20.5

High

13.2

6.5-22.9

18.0

10.6-27.5

14.7

10.0-20.5

10.5

2.9-24.8

15.0

5.7-29.8

15.2

9.4-22.7

65+ years

            

Low

33.5

26.5-41.1

27.0

21.2-33.4

30.0

23.7-36.9

35.6

21.9-51.2

19.4

10.4-31.4

10.6

5.6-17.8

Middle

31.6

25.0-38.7

40.6

34.8-46.5

26.9

22.4-31.8

46.1

34.5-57.9

25.2

19.9-31.1

17.7

13.5-22.5

High

27.3

6.0-61.0

37.5

15.2-64.6

31.8

13.9-54.9

20.0

0.5-71.6

16.7

3.6-41.4

13.6

2.9-34.9

  1. Percentages express the prevalence of hysterectomy; 95% CI: exact 95 percent confidence interval.