In the financial year ending June 2002, 26 689 hip replacements and 26 089 knee replacements (total, 52 778) were performed in Australia.
Hip and knee replacement procedures have increased between 5%–10% each year for the past 10 years, with a combined increase in hip and knee replacement of 13.4% in the past year.
The revision rate for hip replacement surgery in Australia is unknown but is estimated to be 20%–24%; the revision rate for hip replacement surgery in Sweden is 7%.
Although data collection for the Registry is voluntary, it has 100% compliance from hospitals undertaking joint‐replacement surgery
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