reproductive health

FemiStats: Midlife Reproductive Health and Menopause

hysterectomies
600,000
The annual number of hysterectomies performed in the U.S.

70% of the total number of hysterectomies are done in via a surgical method pioneered in 1843! (There a plenty of great less-invasive more modern means available, such as laparoscopic or robotic surgeries.)

Women who have undergone hysterectomies have a 60% greater risk of incontinence after age 60 than abstainers.

(Sources: More magazine, CDC, UCSF study)
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Menopause:

50

Global News on Women

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Women who served in the U.S. Army in Iraq and Afghanistan were involved in combat at significantly higher rates than in previous conflicts, and screened positive for post-traumatic stress disorder at the same rate as men. AND: Twelve percent of women reported exposure to military sexual trauma (MST), defined as sexual assault or repeated sexual harassment, as opposed to 1 percent of men. source, UCSF.
FS Note: only 4% of women reported kills, but their very high rate of sexual abuse at the hands of their co-soldiers most likely factors into their equivalent rates of PTSD.


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