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In the United States, a knee replacement cost ** thousand U.S. dollars, while in Israel the average cost is ** thousand U.S. dollars. At the other end of the scale, a knee replacement costs *** thousand U.S. dollars in India. Knee replacements are more common in older patients because they are more likely to have problems with the knee joint from conditions such as osteoarthritis.

Knee replacement procedures

Switzerland had the highest prevalence of knee replacement surgeries among OECD countries in 2019. In that year, there were *** procedures per 100,000 population in Switzerland, while in Finland there were *** per 100,000. The U.S. based company Zimmer Biomet had the largest global share of knee and hip implants in 2019, with a ** percent share.

Prevalence of osteoarthritis

While not every case of osteoarthritis occurs in the knee joint or results in the need for a knee replacement surgery, it is an overriding cause. A knee replacement will also only be recommended once other therapies have not relieved the problem. In England, for example, over ** percent of women and ** percent of men aged over 50 years of age were living with arthritis in 2019. While in the United States, around ** percent of all women and ** of percent had been diagnosed with arthritis.