Study reveals 5% of Indian women undergo hysterectomy, with agricultural workers at higher risk

Approximately 5% of Indian women aged 25-49 have undergone hysterectomy, affecting millions with potential long-term health and quality-of-life implications.

Across India, one in twenty women between the ages of twenty-five and forty-nine has undergone a hysterectomy — a statistic that, on its surface, describes a medical procedure, but beneath it reveals the contours of inequality. A new analysis finds that agricultural workers, women in southern and eastern states, and those with limited access to public healthcare are disproportionately represented, suggesting that surgical decisions are being shaped less by clinical necessity than by economic precarity, cultural silence around menstruation, and the incentive structures of private medicine. The

Study reveals 5% of Indian women undergo hysterectomy, with agricultural workers at higher risk

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