- Two-thirds of individuals who experience loss of bladder control symptoms do not use any treatment or product to manage their incontinence. ¹

- Urinary Incontinence affects 200 million people worldwide. 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

- 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

- 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. ¹

- 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

Sources

¹ National Association for Incontinence, Facts and Statistics, http://www.nafc.org/index.php?page=facts-statistics

² WomensHealth.gov, Urinary incontinence fact sheet, http://womenshealth.gov/publications/ourpublications/fact-sheet/urinary-incontinence.cfm

³ American Medical Systems, Urinary incontinence, http://www.americanmedicalsystems.com/womens_conditions_detail_objectname_womens_urin_incont.html