Between 1 in 5 and 2 in 5 women get a bladder infection at some time in their life.

 

 

 

 

 

Source:
Hooton TM, Scholes D, Hughes JP, et al.
A prospective study of risk factors for symptomatic urinary tract infection in young women.
New England Journal of Medicine. 1996; 335: 468-474.

 

 

 

 

 

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About 1 in 5 women who have had a bladder infection will get them again and again (these are known as recurrent bladder infections). Most of these women (9 in 10) get a new infection each time rather than have a relapse from a previous infection that hasn't gone away.

Bladder infections are less common during the winter months.

 

 

 

 

 

Source:
Stamm WE, McKevitt M, Roberts PL, et al.
Natural history of recurrent urinary tract infections in women.
Review of Infectious Diseases. 1991; 13: 77-84.

 

 

 

 

 

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