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Table 4 Percentage of women (30–49) undergone hysterectomy and reported various reasons for hysterectomy by State/UTs, NFHS(2015–16)

From: Prevalence, sociodemographic determinants and self-reported reasons for hysterectomy in India

State/union territory

Excessive menstrual bleeding/Pain

Fibroids

/Cysts

Uterine disorder (Rupture)

Cancer

Uterine prolapse

Severe post-partum haemorrhage

other

Total

sample (N)

North

 Chandigarh

19.8

56.4

10.6

6.9

16.7

0.0

0.0

9

 Delhi

44.9

21.1

22.7

5.4

3.5

2.1

6.2

115

 Haryana

61.3

19.9

13.0

6.2

8.3

2.4

5.3

276

 Himachal Pradesh

32.4

37.2

14.5

1.2

3.2

4.1

12.7

85

 Jammu & Kashmir

43.6

36.9

19.3

1.3

7.9

3.1

4.5

170

 Punjab

44.0

48.8

14.1

1.8

5.4

1.2

.9

397

 Rajasthan

58.5

24.6

14.0

6.8

10.7

3.4

3.0

786

 Uttarakhand

48.0

24.0

10.3

7.0

12.2

3.6

8.3

117

Central

 Chhattisgarh

73.1

15.7

11.7

3.4

5.6

2.5

4.4

299

 Madhya Pradesh

61.8

17.3

13.6

5.5

6.5

3.6

7.8

1218

 Uttar Pradesh

53.1

15.5

10.5

16.0

7.6

3.7

10.2

2251

East

 Bihar

54.6

9.1

18.0

7.0

18.1

5.5

5.8

2705

 Jharkhand

54.4

15.7

19.2

4.8

9.8

7.2

7.1

371

 Odisha

47.0

4.8

9.4

4.2

8.9

5.7

24.9

506

 West Bengal

40.0

25.8

10.0

1.5

6.3

3.2

18.1

1102

Northeast

 Arunachal Pradesh

28.6

2.9

13.4

4.0

14.0

9.9

29.2

10

 Assam

54.3

4.0

11.8

5.1

4.4

9.8

15.0

157

 Manipur

39.4

30.6

18.8

2.5

11.1

5.4

4.6

19

 Meghalaya

21.1

21.5

17.7

1.1

10.7

10.4

23.4

17

 Mizoram

11.8

39.4

12.2

22.3

2.1

2.4

16.7

6

 Nagaland

37.4

19.1

12.4

8.3

4.0

5.0

15.0

12

 Sikkim

59.6

15.4

17.1

1.5

5.3

2.5

3.5

4

 Tripura

34.9

1.5

14.6

2.7

4.7

14.0

32.0

27

West

 Dadra & Nagar Haveli

64.0

12.1

3.9

0.0

11.3

0.0

20.5

6

 Daman & Diu

45.2

6.6

5.1

0.0

4.0

0.0

39.1

2

 Goa

44.8

28.0

13.1

0.0

5.5

1.4

7.2

21

 Gujarat

49.6

28.2

13.6

1.6

7.0

2.4

9.0

1339

 Maharashtra

69.2

13.0

10.2

3.9

6.5

3.2

5.7

1654

South

 Andaman & Nicobar Islands

64.5

10.4

9.8

0.0

4.9

1.5

19.1

4

Andhra Pradesh

63.8

22.5

17.0

2.4

3.6

1.3

0.9

2556

 Karnataka

64.4

19.2

10.0

3.6

5.3

3.8

4.1

968

 Kerala

39.9

49.3

10.9

.7

5.9

3.0

1.0

349

 Lakshadweep

1

 Puducherry

78.1

26.2

2.5

1.8

2.9

0.0

1.4

13

 Tamil Nadu

55.5

12.3

8.7

8.2

6.1

3.3

11.0

1622

 Telangana

48.3

34.4

22.2

2.4

4.2

1.7

3.0

1567

India

55.6

19.8

13.9

5.5

7.8

3.4

7.1

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