1996 Breast Surgery Statistics
| Procedure Name | Totals | 18 or less | 19 - 34 | 35 - 50 | 51 - 64 | 65+ |
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| Breast augmentation | 87,704 | 1% | 64% | 31% | 2% | 1% |
| Type of implants | ||||||
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3% | |||||
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96% | |||||
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* | |||||
| Breast reconstruction | 42,454 | * | 8% | 54% | 33% | 5% |
| Technique (% of total reconstruction)^ | ||||||
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16% | |||||
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32% | |||||
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6% | |||||
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24% | |||||
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6% | |||||
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16% | |||||
| If implants, type of implant used | ||||||
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3% | |||||
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32% | |||||
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* | |||||
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4% | |||||
| Breast reduction | 57,679 | 5% | 45% | 34% | 12% | 4% |
| Breast implant removals | 14,379 | |||||
| Augmentation patients: | 3,013 | |||||
| Reasons for removal+ | ||||||
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81% | |||||
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4% | |||||
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8% | |||||
| Replacement^ | ||||||
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69% | |||||
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7% | |||||
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2% | |||||
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30% | |||||
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54% | |||||
| Reconstruction patients: | 11,366 | |||||
| Reasons for removal | ||||||
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92% | |||||
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6% | |||||
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2% | |||||
| Replacement^ | ||||||
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60% | |||||
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7% | |||||
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* | |||||
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24% | |||||
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42% |
+ All figures are projected. Figures and percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding or because of other reasons which were not listed.
^ Totals may equal more than 100% because multiple procedures are sometimes performed on a single patient.
*Denotes less than 1%.
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