Number of Inpatient Procedures (2004)
National Center for Health Statistics
Total number of inpatient surgical procedures performed: 45.0 million
Number of selected procedures performed:
-Arteriography and angiocardiography using contrast material: 2.1 million
-Cardiac catheterizations: 1.3 million
-Endoscopy of small intestine with or without biopsy: 1.1 million
-Computerized axial tomography (CAT scans): 828,000
-Diagnostic ultrasound: 813,000
-Balloon angioplasty of coronary artery or coronary atherectomy: 664,000
-Hysterectomy: 617,000
-Reduction of fracture: 667,000
-Endoscopy of large intestine with or without biopsy: 596,000
-Insertion of coronary artery stents: 615,000
-Coronary artery bypass graft: 427,000-Total knee replacement: 478,000
-Total hip replacement: 234,000
Source: 2004 National Hospital Discharge Survey, table 8
More Data
Discharges with at least one procedure in non-federal short-stay hospitals, by sex, age, and selected procedures, 1993-1994 and 2003-2004 Health United States, 2006, table 99
Rate of all-listed procedures for discharges from short-stay hospitals by procedure category and age 2004 National Hospital Discharge Survey, table 9
Source: National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/insurg.htm
