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Public health burdenPopulation o at risk?Procedure Number procedures peryearCanada*2000 DataUSA †1994 DataCPSPprevalenceestimatesEstimatedburden~5% @1 yr[severe]Mastectomy 14,438438 131,000 20-50% 7271Thoracotomy 16,305 660,000 5-65% 33,815Hysterectomy 55,404 - 16-50% 2770Hip & knee 41,502 - 3-30% 2075Limb amputation - 132,000 50-80% 6600Cardiac surgery - 501,000 30-55% 25,050Hernia - 689,000 5-30% 34,450*CIHI data - Goldstein 2004; † Rutgow 1997> 100,000

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