Table 1.

Reported frequencies of selected bleeding symptoms in apparently healthy individuals

	Population, n	Menorrhagia	Excess bleeding at delivery	Excess Bleeding with Surgery	Tooth extraction bleeding	Gum Bleeding	Epistaxis	Easy Bruising	Minor wound bleeding	Hemarthrosis	Muscle Bleeding	Hemoptysis	Blood in Stools	Hematuria
Wahlberg 1980 [13]	Men, 23	-	-	-	4%	52%	57%	22%	13%	0%	4%	9%	13%	0%
Wahlberg 1980 [13]	Women, 20	-	-	-	10%	50%	85%	55%	10%	0%	15%	5%	5%	10%
Wahlberg 1984 [30]	50	25%	-	-	3%	12%	8%	19%	2%	2%	0%	8%	10%	4%
Mauser Bunschoten 1988 [31]	Women, 60	23%	6%	6%	13%	-	5%	17%	2%	-	-	-	-	-
Nosek-Cekowska 1991 [15]	Children, 228	-	-	0%	<1%	13%	39%	24%	-	<1%	-	-	2%	1%
Sramek 1995 [14]	274	44%	23%	6%	11%	36%	8%	12%	2%	6%	3%	-	11%	8%
Dilley 2001 [12]	Women, 227	-	19%	6%	8%	11%	2%	23%	-	-		-		-
Drews 2002 [32]	Women, 88	-	17%	6%	6%	24%	23%	19%	9%	0%	0%	-	1%	-
McKay 2004 [17]	Women, 104	53%	-	9%	35%	12%	56%	34%	3%	0%	-	-	-	12%
Plug 2006 [11]	Women, 245	20%	-	11%	12%	61%	44%	17%	9%	5%	-	-	-	-
Friberg 2006 [33]	Women, 1019	37%	-	3%	3%	-	20%	21%	-	3%*		13%	9%	5%
Quiroga 2007 [16]	299	30%	0%	0%	0%	13%	25%	19%	1%	0%	-	0%	1%	0%
Average frequency**		35%	13%	4%	6%	28%	23%	20%	5%	2%	3%	10%	7%	5%

^*Hemarthrosis and muscle bleeding were assessed by a single question

^**Computed as the weighted arithmetic mean of the symptom frequency across all studies in which the symptom was reported