- Of the 25 million adult Americans suffering from some form of urinary incontinence, 75-80% of those are women.1
- Urinary Incontinence affects 200 million people worldwide.1
- One in four women over the age of 18 experience episodes of leaking urine involuntarily.1
- On average, women wait 6.5 years from the first time they experience symptoms until they obtain a diagnosis for their bladder control problem(s).1
- Stress urinary incontinence, the most prevalent form of incontinence among women, affects an estimated 15 million adult women in the U.S.1
- About 17% of women and 16% men over 18 years old have overactive bladder (OAB) and an estimated 12.2 million adults have urge incontinence.1
- Urinary Incontinence is twice as common in women as in men.2
- Pregnancy, childbirth, and menopause are major reasons of the increased prevalence of incontinence in women as compared to men.2
- Between the ages of 18 and 44, approximately 24% of women experience incontinence.3
- For women over age 60, approximately 23% deal with incontinence.3
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Sources
1 National Association for Incontinence, Facts and Statistics
2 WomensHealth.gov, Urinary incontinence fact sheet
3 American Medical Systems, Urinary incontinence