Table 2Hysterectomy prevalences and highest school and professional degree

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

(Table 2 continued)

KORA-S4 / KORA-F3 / HNR / DHS / CARLA / SHIP-0
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

Legend Table 2

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

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