Ten states with the largest year-over-year drop in total knee surgeries in 2020:
1. New York: 81.3 percent of 2019 case volume (down 3,200 cases)
2. Alaska: 80.9 percent (down 104 cases)
3. Nebraska: 80.6 percent (down 646 cases)
4. Delaware: 78.1 percent (down 440 cases)
5. Maine: 76.6 percent (down 269 cases)
6. West Virginia: 71.9 percent (down 593 cases)
7. South Dakota: 69.3 percent (down 881 cases)
8. District of Columbia: 58.6 percent (down 223 cases)
9. Iowa: 58.5 percent (down 2,338 cases)
10. Hawaii: 54.8 percent (down 233 cases)
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