Table 3

Numbers and percentages of first-time salpingectomy, death and end of follow-up, whatever came first after hysterectomy in three consecutive birth cohorts

After 5 yearsAfter 10 years
CohortN (%)Salpingectomy (%)Death (%)End of study period (%)Salpingectomy (%)Death (%)End of study period (%)
1947–1951236449 (2.1)28 (1.2)85 (3.6)70 (3.0)57 (2.4)294 (12.4)
1952–1956192042 (2.2)16 (0.8)173 (9.0)59 (3.1)35 (1.8)653 (34.0)
1957–1963217264 (2.9)10 (0.5)758 (34.9)85 (3.9)20 (0.9)1461 (67.3)
Total6456155 (2.4)54 (0.8)1016 (15.7)214 (3.3)112 (1.7)2408 (37.3)