Heavy periods
How common are heavy periods?
It's difficult to say how common heavy periods are because many women don't see their doctor about this problem.
- Experts think that up to 3 out of 10 women (30 percent) have heavy periods.
Source:
Stabinsky SA, Einstein M, Breen JL.
Modern treatments of menorrhagia attributable to dysfunctional uterine bleeding.
Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey. 1999; 54: 61-72.
1 - White women and black women are equally likely to have heavy periods.
Source:
Kjerulff KH, Erickson BA, Langenberg PW.
Chronic gynecological conditions reported by US women: findings from the National Health Interview Survey, 1984 to 1992.
American Journal of Public Health. 1996; 86: 195-199.
2 - About 1 in 3 American women have their womb removed before they turn 60 (this operation is called a hysterectomy). Heavy periods are the reason for at least half of these operations.
Source:
Pokras R, Hufnagel VG.
Hysterectomy in the United States, 1965-84.
Available at http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov (accessed on 23 June 2008).
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Sources for the information on this page:
- Stabinsky SA, Einstein M, Breen JL.Modern treatments of menorrhagia attributable to dysfunctional uterine bleeding.Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey. 1999; 54: 61-72.
- Kjerulff KH, Erickson BA, Langenberg PW.Chronic gynecological conditions reported by US women: findings from the National Health Interview Survey, 1984 to 1992.American Journal of Public Health. 1996; 86: 195-199.
- Pokras R, Hufnagel VG.Hysterectomy in the United States, 1965-84.Available at http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov (accessed on 23 June 2008).
This information was last updated on Sep 01, 2008
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