According to data shared by the Cleveland Clinic: Inguinal hernias ... in the scrotal area. While hernias in women share many similarities with those in men, femoral hernias are more commonly ...

Approximately 90% of all inguinal hernia occur in males. Femoral hernias (although rare) occur almost exclusively in women because of the differences in the pelvic anatomy. The female-to-male ...

About 5% of primary inguinal hernia repairs are undertaken as emergencies. Abdominal hernias usually do not recur in children. They do reappear, however, in about 10 percent of adults. Surgery is ...