Table 4 Sex differences in neurosurgery incidence in Sweden during 2020

Surgeries on the nervous system

Men

778.4

644.9

0.85(0.80–0.90)

<0.001

Surgeries on the nervous system

Women

696.9

540.9

0.79(0.74–0.84)

<0.001

Surgeries on the skull and intracranial structures

Men

249.3

228.4

0.95(0.89–1.01)

ns

Surgeries on the skull and intracranial structures

Women

174.7

160.9

0.97(0.92–1.04)

ns

Surgeries on the spinal cord and nerve roots

Men

259.7

205.7

0.79(0.72–0.86)

<0.001

Surgeries on the spinal cord and nerve roots

Women

238.5

176.1

0.73(0.67–0.79)

<0.001

Surgeries on peripheral nerves

Men

257.4

200.4

0.82(0.75–0.89)

<0.001

Surgeries on peripheral nerves

Women

276.6

193.7

0.72(0.66–0.78)

<0.001

Surgeries on the autonomic nervous system

Men

0.3

0.1

0.63(0.49–0.90)

0.035

Surgeries on the autonomic nervous system

Women

0.0

0.1

0.94(0.80–1.14)

ns

Various surgeries on the nervous system

Men

19.3

16.9

0.83(0.77–0.89)

<0.001

Various surgeries on the nervous system

Women

13.6

13.7

0.96(0.91–1.01)

ns

Reoperations on the nervous system

Men

9.5

8.6

0.88(0.78–0.98)

0.038

Reoperations on the nervous system

Women

6.2

4.5

0.81(0.76–0.86)

<0.001

Smaller neurosurgical interventions

Men

473.4

431.8

0.97(0.92–1.03)

ns

Smaller neurosurgical interventions

Women

369.0

311.1

0.86(0.76–0.96)

0.014

Diagnostic procedures within neurosurgery

Men

55.2

41.1

0.77(0.65–0.89)

<0.001

Diagnostic procedures within neurosurgery

Women

69.4

49.0

0.76(0.65–0.87)

<0.001