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TABLE 1. Characteristics of women who received breast implants, Ontario and Quebec, Canada, 1974–1997


Characteristic


Breast implant patients


Other plastic surgery patients

Ontario

Quebec

Total

Ontario

Quebec

Total

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%


Age at surgery (years)
    18–<30 3,010 42.1 6,616 38.0 9,626 39.2 1,777 40.2 4,768 41.6 6,545 41.2
    30–<40 3,106 43.4 7,957 45.7 11,063 45.0 1,377 31.2 2,808 24.5 4,185 26.3
    ≥40 1,037 14.5 2,832 16.3 3,869 15.8 1,264 28.6 2,899 25.3 4,163 26.2
Period of surgery
    1974–1979 1,498 20.9 5,844 33.6 7,342 29.9 699 15.8 3,902 34.0 4,601 29.0
    1980–1984 2,224 31.1 5,926 34.1 8,150 33.2 1,287 29.1 4,508 39.3 5,795 36.5
    1985–1989 3,431 48.0 5,635 32.4 9,066 36.9 2,432 55.1 3,065 26.7 5,497 34.6
Total no. of subjects 7,153 100.0 17,405 100.0 24,558 100.0 4,418 100.0 11,475 100.0 15,893 100.0
No. of deaths

106



403



509



75



332



407







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