Publication, Part of Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs)
Finalised Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in England for Hip and Knee Replacement Procedures (April 2021 to March 2022)
Official statistics
Patient Profile
Hip Replacements
For the 68,335 hip replacement procedures, a majority of patients were 50 years old or older (93.9%). Patients aged 50-69 accounted for 43.4% compared to 50.4% for those over 70 years old.
58.9% of all hip replacements were carried out on female patients
41.1% were male patients
The chart below show the number of hip replacement procedures per 100,000 people by age and gender (from the mid-year 2021 population estimates). The chart shows a similar pattern for males and females, with the highest rate for both males and females being the 75-79 age group (621.8 per 100,000 for female and 420.6 per 100,000 for males).
Knee Replacements
There were 74,082 knee replacement procedures and almost all patients were 50 years old or older (97.8%). Patients aged 50-69 accounted for 46.6% compared to 51.3% for those over 70 years old.
54.9% of knee replacements were carried out on female patients
45.1% were male patients.
The chart below shows the number of knee replacement procedures per 100,000 people by age and gender (from the mid-year 2021 population estimates). As with hip replacements there is a similar pattern for males and females, with the highest rate for both males and females being the 75-79 age group (649.2 per 100,000 for female and 587.7 per 100,000 for males).
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