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From The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (2002 Statistics)

Rhinoplasty Surgery-Specific Statistics:

• Number of rhinoplasty procedures performed by ASPS surgeons in 2002: 354,327. This is a 4% drop from the previous year.
• Age Distribution:
  • Age 18 and Younger: 40,696rhinoplasty surgeries (11%).
  • Ages 19 to 50: 123,316 rhinoplasty surgeries (29%).
  • Ages 51 to 65+: 54,244 rhinoplasty surgeries (15%).
• The average fee received by ASPS surgeons for rhinoplasty was $3,469. All members in total charged $1,229,209,635 for rhinoplasty in 2001.
  * These fees are averages only and do not include anesthesia, operating room facilities, or other medical expenses.
• Gender: 59% of rhinoplasty patients were female, while 41% were male.

General Cosmetic Surgery Statistics:

• 37% of all cosmetic surgery patients were repeat patients.
• 32% of all cosmetic surgery patients had multiple procedures at the same time.
• Where the surgery was performed: 50% of all cosmetic surgery procedures were performed in the surgeon's office, 32% in a hospital, and 17% in free-standing ambulatory surgical facilities.
• Ethnicity:
  • Caucasian: 84%
  • Hispanic: 6%
  • African-American: 3%
  • Asian-American: 7%
  • Other: 1%
• The number of people having cosmetic plastic surgery by ASPS members has tripled since 1992.
• There was a 7% increase in people having procedures by ASPS members between 2000 and 2001.

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From the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (2002 Statistics)

• Nearly 6.9 million cosmetic surgery procedures performed by ASAPS surgeons in 2002.
• From 1997 to 2002, there was a 228% increase in cosmetic procedures performed by ASAPS members.
• The top five procedures in 2002 were: lipoplasty (liposuction), 372,831 (up 111% since 1997); breast augmentation, 249,641 (up 147% since 1997); eyelid surgery, 229,092 (up 44% since 1997); rhinoplasty (nose reshaping), 156,973 (up 15% since 1997); and breast reduction, 125,614, (up 162% since 1997).
• ASAPS surgeons performed 156,973 nose reshaping surgeries in 2002.
• Average surgeon fees received (excluding surgical facility, anesthesia, and other fees): $3,751.
• ASAPS surgeons generated $578,649,591 in rhinoplasty fees in 2002.

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From The International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (2001 Statistics)

• The USA is first place in the world by number of procedures (21% of the world's plastic surgery) performed by ISAPS members. Brazil is second (14%) and Mexico third (8%). The UK, which was third in 2000, did not have any replies in 2001.
• Internationally 62.86% of aesthetic surgery patients are between 21 and 50 years old. Russia has the highest percentage of teenage patients (20 years old and younger) with 40%, followed by Mexico (32.42%) and Chile the lowest with 4.67%. Japan has the highest percentage of older patients (51 years old and older) with 33.28% and Jordan the lowest with 9.25%.
• Females are 87.35% of the international aesthetic plastic surgery patients and male patients 12.65%. In Finland, Japan and Korea more than 25% of the patients are male.
• Lipoplasty is still the #1 surgical procedure overall, followed by breast augmentation and blepharoplasty. 
• Collagen Injection was the #1 procedure for women, followed by lipoplasty and breast augmentation.
• Scar revision was the #1 procedure for men, followed by rhinoplasty and lipoplasty.

*ISAPS has extrapolated to produce these statistics.

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