BARIATRIC SURGERY

statistics in Australia

• In 2018-19 there were 27,857 hospital admissions for weight-loss surgery.

• The mean BMI of those undergoing initial surgery is 42.6.

• The most common surgery performed in 2018-19 was the sleeve gastrectomy, making up 70 per cent of total surgeries.

• The majority (about 79 per cent) of these surgeries are performed on women.

• The majority of weight-loss surgery is done in private hospitals.

• Approximately 70-80 per cent of surgeries in 2018-19 were an initial procedure; the remainder were adjustments, revisions or removals.