Obesity and a procedure of bariatric surgery in England 2002-2020, by gender
This statistic depicts the number of finished consultant episodes with a primary diagnosis of obesity and a main or secondary procedure of 'Bariatric Surgery' in England, from 2002/03 to 2019/20, by gender. The number of women undergoing a procedure of 'Bariatric Surgery' is significantly higher than the number of men. In 2019/20 there were over 5.4 thousand consultant episodes with women and 1.3 thousand consultant episodes with men.