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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 12.
Published in final edited form as: Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct. 2009 Feb 20;20(5):581–589. doi: 10.1007/s00192-009-0838-5

Table 3.

Four Year Cumulative Incidence & Remission of Any Urinary Incontinence

4 Year Cumulative Incidence Urinary Incontinence
Decade 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th

Non-Hispanic White 14.13% (382/2704) 17.57% (308/1753) 17.51% (330/1885) 23.36% (125/535) 29.51% (18/61)
Avg incidence Per year 3.53% 4.39% 4.38% 5.84% 7.38%

African American 7.93% (54/681) 10.47% (40/382) 18.62% (65/349) 28.28% (28/99) 44.44% (4/9)
Avg incidence Per year 1.98% 2.62% 4.66% 7.07% 11.11%

Hispanic 13.04% (48/368) 14.57% (29/199) 12.33% (18/146) 28.89% (13/45) 66.67% (2/3)
Avg incidence Per year 3.26% 3.64% 3.08% 7.23% 16.67%

Other 5.26% (5/95) 5.13% (2/39) 20.45% (9/44) 33.33% (2/6) 100% (1/1)
Avg incidence Per year 1.32% 1.28% 5.11% 8.33% 25%

Overall 4 year Cumulative Incidence 12.71% (489/3848) 15.97% (379/2373) 17.41% (423/2424) 24.53% (168/685) 33.78% (25/74)
Overall Avg incidence/yr 3.18% 3.99% 4.35% 6.13% 8.45%

4 Year Cumulative Remission Urinary Incontinence
Decade 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th

Non-Hispanic White 37.3% (238/638) 32.09% (129/402) 32.19% (187/581) 31.18% (58/186) 33.33% (6/18)
Avg remission Per year 9.33% 8.02% 8.05% 7.80% 8.33%

African American 53.66% (44/82) 38.98% (23/59) 48.98% (24/49) 46.88% (15/32) 33.33% (1/3)
Avg remission Per year 13.42% 9.75% 12.25% 11.72% 8.33%

Hispanic 53.19% (25/47) 43.48% (10/23) 51.85% (14/27) 25% (2/8) 0% 0/0
Avg remission Per year 13.30% 10.87% 12.96% 6.25% 0%

Other 50% (5/10) 72.73% (8/11) 50% (3/6) 20% (1/5) 0% (0/0)
Avg remission Per year 12.50% 18.18% 12.50% 5.00% 0%

Overall 4 year Cumulative Remission 40.15% (312/777) 34.34% (170/495) 34.39% (228/663) 32.9% (76/231) 33.33% (7/21)
Overall Avg remission/yr 10.04% 8.59% 8.60% 8.23% 8.33%