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Salpingectomies were more than twice as common as tubal ligations in 2024. The ratio of salpingectomies increased from 1.2 in 2015 to 3.3 in 2024, demonstrating a change of practice in female sterilization.

The rate of lingual frenotomies, the surgical release of tissue under the tongue, or tongue-tie, performed for newborns increased from 98 per 10,000 babies in Q1 of 2015 to a peak of 212 per 10,000 babies in Q2 2021 and then trended slightly down to 158 per 10,000 babies by Q4 2024.

HbA1c screening for teens at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes has risen from 1.4% of patients in 2018 to more than 2% of patients in the first quarter of 2025. The proportion of these screening results that indicate prediabetes has risen 84% for males and 75% for females since 2018. 

Women are 10.7% more likely than men to reach a systolic blood pressure (SBP) below 130 mmHg after one month of antihypertensive treatment, and 9.5% more likely to reach a SBP below 130 mmHg after three months. 

Of women aged 40 to 54, 77.3% who use a patient portal are up to date with their breast cancer screening, compared to only 58.1% of non-users.

Colorectal surgeries consistently had the highest rate of surgical site infections (SSIs) of all surgeries studied and have seen a 21% increase in the percentage of procedures resulting in infection since Q4 2019. 

Women aged 50 and older on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) administered on the skin are 22-27% less likely to experience various clotting disorders, such as stroke and embolism, compared to those treated with HRT administered vaginally. 

Among adults with an LDL cholesterol test result of 190 mg/dL or higher, 25.1% had no documented lipid-lowering medication.

Patients who received ketamine on the day of surgery for a traumatic brain injury (TBI) had no statistically significant change in the risk of death during hospitalization or in the risk of developing attention deficit disorder, seizures, or paralysis in the six months after surgery.

Sinus infection rates in areas where hurricanes made landfall show minor fluctuations, but no consistent trends, in the six weeks following the storms, compared to equivalent time periods in previous and subsequent years.  

Patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) who are prescribed a GLP-1 medication and insulin are 55% less likely to have a hyperglycemia-related ED visit, 26% less likely to have an amputation-related visit, and 29% less likely to have a diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)-related ED visit in the following year compared to those on insulin alone.

The median time from the first recorded clinical finding with established association to pancreatic cancer diagnosis is 116 days. However, this varies significantly by the clinical indication initially identified. 

Black and Asian mothers have higher rates of cesarean deliveries during their first deliveries compared to those who are Hispanic, White, Indigenous American, or Hawaiian/Pacific Islander. 

Patients aged 60 to 74 at increased risk of severe complications from a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection have up to a 75% reduced likelihood of an RSV-related complication if they have received the RSV vaccination. 

New data tracker available to view trends in telehealth use across specialties.

Female patients, particularly those without diabetes, are at the highest risk of undiagnosed chronic kidney disease (CKD), with 20% showing lab evidence of CKD stage 3 or higher but lacking a formal diagnosis. 

Women with a history of an intrauterine device (IUD) placement have a similar likelihood of having multiples (1.79%) compared to those with no history of birth control use (1.84%). Little difference was observed among those with copper or hormonal IUDs.

There is no statistically significant change in likelihood of appendicitis or appendectomy among patients who have a COVID-19 or influenza vaccination or infection.

The rate of obesity in U.S. adults increased by 13.6% between 2010 and 2024, though the rate has remained largely unchanged since 2020. The rate of severe obesity in U.S. adults increased through 2021 then began trending downward through 2024. 

Children aged 6 to 11 treated with Miralax (polyethylene glycol 3350; PEG 3350) are less likely to be diagnosed with new or recurrent symptoms of depression, new mood swings, or new seizures compared to those treated with a different constipation treatment.