Inpatient Surgery

(Data are for the U.S.)

 

• Total number of procedures performed: 48.0 million
• Number of selected procedures performed:
  • Arteriography and angiocardiography using contrast material: 1.9 million
  • Cardiac catheterizations: 1.1 million
  • Endoscopy of small intestine with or without biopsy: 1.1 million
  • Endoscopy of large intestine with or without biopsy: 525,000
  • Computerized axial tomography (CAT scans): 497,000
  • Diagnostic ultrasound: 902,000
  • Balloon angioplasty of coronary artery or coronary atherectomy: 605,000
  • Hysterectomy: 494,000
  • Cesarean section:1.3 million
  • Reduction of fracture: 621,000
  • Insertion of coronary artery stent: 528,000
  • Coronary artery bypass graft: 415,000
  • Total knee replacement: 676,000
  • Total hip replacement: 327,000

Source:  National Hospital Discharge Survey: 2009 table, Procedures by selected patient characteristics - Number by procedure category and age [PDF - 168 KB]

 

More data

• Cost of hospital discharges with common hospital operating room procedures in nonfederal community hospitals, by age and selected principal procedure Health, United States, 2011, table 132 [PDF - 9.8 MB]
• Discharges with at least one procedure in nonfederal short-stay hospitals, by sex, age, and selected procedures Health, United States, 2011, table 107 [PDF - 9.8 MB]
• Rate of all-listed procedures for discharges from short-stay hospitals by procedure category and age National Hospital Discharge Survey: 2009 table, Procedures by selected patient characteristics - Rate by procedure category and age [PDF - 168 KB]
• Search Tables for Hospital Procedures in Health Data Interactive