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Bedwetting

How common is bedwetting?

Bedwetting is very common, especially in young children.

Up to 1 in 5 children age 5 still wear diapers at night.

Source:
Blackwell C.
A guide to enuresis: a guide to treatment of enuresis for professionals.
Education and Resources for Improving Childhood Continence (ERIC), Bristol, UK; 1989.

¹ But fewer children wet their bed as they get older. Here's how many children wet the bed at different ages:

Source:
Blackwell C.
A guide to enuresis: a guide to treatment of enuresis for professionals.
Education and Resources for Improving Childhood Continence (ERIC), Bristol, UK; 1989.

Age of child (years)	Number of children in a 100 who wet the bed
5	15 to 20
7	7
10	5
12 to 14	2 to 3
15 and over	1 to 2

Sources for the information on this page:

Blackwell C.A guide to enuresis: a guide to treatment of enuresis for professionals.Education and Resources for Improving Childhood Continence (ERIC), Bristol, UK; 1989.

This information was last updated on Dec 04, 2008

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