It is estimated that as many as 25 million Americans have urinary incontinence! That's about 12% of our population! And 20 million of these are women!
Here's a chart that shows incontinence affects not just older women but young women as well.
Age % affected
19-44 years 19%
45-64 years 25%
65+ years 30%
The severity of the problem increases with a woman's age.
Age % who leak on a daily basis
19-44 years 18%
65+ years 28%
As the severity of the problem increases, so does the affect on the daily lives of women, influencing their social and physical activities and feelings about themselves.
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Susan Jackson offers her 20+ years expertise as a Physical Therapist and Aging Expert specializing in middle and older age. She has a passion for empowering older adults to maintain their independence and regain lost function as well as education and assisting those in middle age with prevention. She treats a variety of age related conditions, issues, and challenges, including urinary incontinence. Her clinical practice, outpatient facilities, rehabilitation hospitals, and long-term care communities. She lectures to the public on wellness and aging topics. Ms. Jackson is a graduate of the University of Florida, a member of the American Physical Therapy Association's Section on Women's Health, and a member of the National Association for Continence.
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