NationMaster Plastic Surgery Statistics

[daisypukes]

#1 United States: 90,992
#2 Mexico: 52,956
#3 Brazil: 47,957
#4 Japan: 42,842
#5 Spain: 40,164
#6 Germany: 23,140
#7 France: 21,170
#8 Argentina: 17,698
#9 Switzerland: 16,073
#10 Italy: 14,784
#11 Australia: 13,305
#12 South Africa: 11,140
#13 Canada: 11,102
#14 Taiwan: 10,048
#15 Korea, South: 9,560
#16 Greece: 8,300
#17 Ecuador: 5,979
#18 Hong Kong: 5,096
#19 Turkey: 4,865
#20 United Kingdom: 4,668
#21 Sweden: 4,326
#22 Lebanon: 3,270
#23 Colombia: 2,772
#24 Finland: 2,277
#25 India: 2,259
#26 Jordan: 1,620
#27 Norway: 1,611
#28 Cyprus: 1,449
#29 Russia: 1,200
#30 Singapore: 1,092
#31 Slovenia: 1,052
#32 United Arab Emirates: 783
#33 Saudi Arabia: 550
#34 Romania: 239

www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_pla_sur_pro-health-plastic-surgery-procedures

^Weird, I never would have though Mexico would be so high on the list. Brazil, sure...but Mexico?

[haplotype]

Is not per capita surgeries a more sensible ranking? In that case, the USA falls to #19.

Also, how are the statistics collected? Are burn victims who receive facial reconstruction surgeries considered "plastic surgery customers"? What about countries such as China or Korea, where there are huge numbers of illegal or semi-legal plastic surgeons on street corners?

[daisypukes]

^Copy paster.

*edit: If you want to look at it per capita, go ahead, it's on the same site anyway. I just think it's funny that you strive so to make Koreans/Chinese sound like they have such a huge booming black market plastic surgery problem when it would be a more obvious comment that you could make about South America. But then, that isn't your target of insult, is it? Koreans/Chinese don't have more plastic surgery than US people. They're just prettier. Here's the link to per capita (happy? ):

www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_pla_sur_pro_percap-plastic-surgery-procedures-per-capita

[haplotype]

Again, I ask how these statistics are compiled. According to

findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20061221/ai_n17078745

"If any country is likely to lead the revolution in wearable computers it is South Korea, where high broadband use and the world's highest rate of plastic surgery provide the medical and technical infrastructure to meet the demand."

english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200509/200509260014.html

"The cosmetic surgery rate of Korean women is already the world’s highest with 17 percent. "


www2.law.columbia.edu/course_00S_L9436_001/2000/surgery.htm

"The rate of the general public going under the knife is currently at about 13 percent in Korea, while that in the United States is less than 3 percent. Plastic surgery has become so popular that the government even introduced a "reasonable" bill last year to reissue national registration cards to those whose appearance has changed as a result of plastic surgery."

[xandra]

Apparently plastic surgery tourism is getting to be quite big. The procedures are cheaper in countries such as Mexico, and they get a scenic backdrop to enjoy as they heal.

[jenming]

Dec 26, 2007 21:03:41 GMT -5 xandra said:

Apparently plastic surgery tourism is getting to be quite big. The procedures are cheaper in countries such as Mexico, and they get a scenic backdrop to enjoy as they heal.

I hear of lots of this in Thailand.

LMAO @ "scenic backdrop to enjoy as they heal".

"Wow, my crippling pain is slightly better here in paradise."

[daisypukes]

haplotype: You're just showing your bias even more. You choose not to believe statistics that show East Asian countries to be lower on the list. You instead dig up different stats to attack East Asian countries. Statistics can never be perfectly accurate, there will always be different results with different stats. In the end, stats say the most about the people who believe them. The stats you chose to believe, and the way you presented your original point, attempting immediately to leap into attack against East Asian countries instead of other obvious choices speaks to some inner racial turmoil on your part.

[EA Observer]

Dec 26, 2007 3:24:22 GMT -5 haplotype said:

What about countries such as China or Korea, where there are huge numbers of illegal or semi-legal plastic surgeons on street corners?

Well, who's to say that 's not case with other countries?

[EA Observer]

Plastic surgery procedures (per capita) (most recent) by country

Showing latest available data.

Rank Countries Amount (top to bottom)
#1 Switzerland: 214.621 per 100,000 people
#2 Cyprus: 185.738 per 100,000 people
#3 Spain: 99.561 per 100,000 people
#4 Lebanon: 85.468 per 100,000 people
#5 Greece: 77.803 per 100,000 people
#6 Hong Kong: 73.866 per 100,000 people
#7 Australia: 66.227 per 100,000 people
#8 Slovenia: 52.312 per 100,000 people
#9 Mexico: 49.863 per 100,000 people
#10 Sweden: 48.056 per 100,000 people
#11 Argentina: 44.762 per 100,000 people
#12 Ecuador: 44.74 per 100,000 people
#13 Taiwan: 43.889 per 100,000 people
#14 Finland: 43.596 per 100,000 people
#15 Norway: 35.075 per 100,000 people
#16 France: 34.902 per 100,000 people
#17 Canada: 33.842 per 100,000 people
#18 Japan: 33.623 per 100,000 people
#19 United States: 30.768 per 100,000 people
#20 United Arab Emirates: 30.55 per 100,000 people
#21 Jordan: 28.125 per 100,000 people
#22 Germany: 28.072 per 100,000 people
#23 Brazil: 25.768 per 100,000 people
#24 Italy: 25.444 per 100,000 people
#25 South Africa: 25.122 per 100,000 people
#26 Singapore: 24.672 per 100,000 people
#27 Korea, South: 19.654 per 100,000 people
#28 United Kingdom: 7.723 per 100,000 people
#29 Turkey: 6.984 per 100,000 people
#30 Colombia: 6.453 per 100,000 people
#31 Saudi Arabia: 2.082 per 100,000 people
#32 Romania: 1.07 per 100,000 people
#33 Russia: 0.837 per 100,000 people
#34 India: 0.209 per 100,000 people

Weighted average: 45.0 per 100,000 people

DEFINITION: Corrected number of procedures per country 2002. Per capita figures expressed per 100,000 population.

SOURCE: International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery via NationMaster

[haplotype]

Dec 28, 2007 2:31:13 GMT -5 @daisypukes said:

haplotype: You're just showing your bias even more. You choose not to believe statistics that show East Asian countries to be lower on the list. You instead dig up different stats to attack East Asian countries. Statistics can never be perfectly accurate, there will always be different results with different stats. In the end, stats say the most about the people who believe them. The stats you chose to believe, and the way you presented your original point, attempting immediately to leap into attack against East Asian countries instead of other obvious choices speaks to some inner racial turmoil on your part.

How is this an "attack on East Asian countries"? If burn victims receive facial reconstructive surgery, is this a good thing or bad thing? How about harelip or other birth defects? Is circumcision considered "aesthetic surgery"? Again, I ask what they include in these statistics, since it makes a huge difference.

[attilathehun513]

It's no surprise the US is at the top; but surprising China isn't up there for obvious reasons.

[EA Observer]

Dec 28, 2007 15:52:13 GMT -5 attilathehun513 said:

It's no surprise the US is at the top; but surprising China isn't up there for obvious reasons.

That's because the cost of plastic surgery is still out of reach for most Chinese and the sheer size of China's population (over 1.3 billion) really lowers the per 100,000 figure. Heck, the number of Chinese getting plastic surgeries could reach the population of the U.S. and this statistic would still be only in the single digits.

[attilathehun513]

^Still it' s a bit surprising that Mexico is way up there second only to the US.