How common is incontinence in women?General Prevalence:
UI affects 200 million people worldwide. 5
Based on expert opinion, 25 million adult Americans experience transient or chronic UI. 6 NAFC estimates that 75-80% of those sufferers are women, 9-13 million of whom have bothersome, severe, symptoms.
Consumer research reveals that one in four women over the age of 18 experience episodes of leaking urine involuntarily. 2
One-third of men and women ages 30-70 have experienced loss of bladder control at some point in their adult lives and may be still living with the symptoms. 2
Of men and women ages 30-70 who awaken during the night to use the bathroom, more than one-third get up twice or more per night to urinate, fitting the clinical diagnosis of nocturia. Of these adults, one in eight say they sometimes lose urine on the way to the bathroom. 2
Two-thirds of men and women age 30-70 have never discussed bladder health with their doctor. 2
One in eight Americans who have experienced loss of bladder control have been diagnosed. Men are less likely to be diagnosed than women. Men are also less likely to talk about it with friends and family, and are more likely to be uninformed. 2
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). 2
Two-thirds of individuals who experience loss of bladder control symptoms do not use any treatment or product to manage their incontinence. 2 More than you realize, as giving birth causes bladder problems. My wife has it Just as common as in men. Incontinence can be urine or defecation. very common the more babies the worse it can be . Some women going in for bladder repair Very! We flex a muscle to hold our urine, and relax it to release it. We constantly fight gravity and if the muscle gets weak or tired, or we get distracted by a sudden sneeze or laugh, we tend to leak. The reason is OVER ACTIVE BLADDER and also
Women do not have Prostate and also they do not have urethra( long opening) | 