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  2. Overactive bladder - Wikipedia

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    The American Urological Association reports studies showing rates as low as 7% to as high as 27% in men and rates as low as 9% to 43% in women. [1] Urge incontinence was reported as higher in women. [1] Older people are more likely to be affected, and the number of symptoms increases with age. [1]

  3. Functional incontinence - Wikipedia

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    There are a number of causes of functional incontinence. These include confusion, dementia, poor eyesight, impaired mobility or dexterity or unwillingness to use the toilet due to depression or anxiety. [2] Functional incontinence is more common in elderly people as many of the causes are associated with conditions that affect people as they age.

  4. Urinary incontinence - Wikipedia

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    Bladder symptoms affect women of all ages. However, bladder problems are most prevalent among older women. [80] Women over the age of 60 years are twice as likely as men to experience incontinence; one in three women over the age of 60 years are estimated to have bladder control problems. [74]

  5. Pelvic floor dysfunction - Wikipedia

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    For women, there is a 20.5% risk for having a surgical intervention related to stress urinary incontinence. The literature suggests that white women are at increased risk for stress urinary incontinence. [12] Though pelvic floor dysfunction is thought to more commonly affect women, 16% of men have been identified with pelvic floor dysfunction. [13]

  6. Fecal incontinence - Wikipedia

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    Several severity scales exist. The Cleveland Clinic (Wexner) fecal incontinence score takes into account five parameters that are scored on a scale from zero (absent) to four (daily) frequency of incontinence to gas, liquid, solid, of need to wear pad, and of lifestyle changes. [1] The Park's incontinence score uses four categories:

  7. Cystocele - Wikipedia

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    The incidence of cystocele is around 9 per 100 women-years. The highest incidence of symptoms occurs between ages of 70 and 79 years. Based on population growth statistics, the number of women with prolapse will increase by a minimum of 46% by the year 2050 in the US. Surgery to correct prolapse after hysterectomy is 3.6 per 1,000 women-years. [13]

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