Medical device recalls per quarter U.S. 2015-2019 | Statista

This statistic shows the number of medical device recalls in the U.S. from the third quarter of 2015 to the second quarter of 2019, in million units. In Q2 2016, the number of units recalled stood at some 40 million.

Number of medical device recalls in the U.S. from Q3 2015 to Q2 2019 (in million units)*

Characteristic	Number of Class II units recalled in millions
Q2 2019	19.7
Q1 2019	135
Q4 2018	161
Q3 2018	29.4
Q2 2018	42.4
Q1 2018	208.5
Q4 2017	37.4
Q3 2017	68
Q2 2017	67.6
Q1 2017	9.3
Q4 2016	61.8
Q3 2016	115.7
Q2 2016	40.1
Q1 2016	9.6
Q4 2015	47.1
Q3 2015	69.6

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Release date

August 2019

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Region

United States

Survey time period

Q3 2015 to Q2 2019

Supplementary notes

* This statistic was assembled from several Recall Index quarterly editions.

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