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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 4.

Progression to Severe Urinary Incontinence over 4 years & Improvement of Severe Urinary Incontinence over 4 years”

4 Year Cumulative Progression to Severe Urinary Incontinence:
Decade 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th

Non-Hispanic White 4.76% (151/3171) 6.33% (126/1990) 8.22% (179/2178) 15.35% (93/606) 21.21% (14/66)
Avg progression Per year (1.19%) (1.58%) (2.06%) (3.84%) (5.30%)

African American 2.97% (22/741) 4.12% (17/413) 8.27% (31/375) 12.84% (14/109) 12.50% (1/8)
Avg progression Per year (0.74%) (1.03%) (2.07%) (3.21%) (3.13%)

Hispanic 4.95% (20/404) 3.77% (8/212) 4.94% (8/162) 18.75% (9/48) 50% (2/4)
Avg progression Per year (1.24%) (0.94%) (1.24%) (4.69%) (12.5%)

Other 2.97% (3/101) 6.25% (3/48) 14.89% (7/47) 28.57% (2/7) 100% (1/1)
Avg Per year (0.74%) (1.56%) (3.72%) (7.14%) (25%)

Overall 4 year Cumulative Progression 4.44% (196/4417) 5.78% (154/2663) 8.15% (225/2762) 15.32% (118/770) 22.78% (18/79)
Overall Av/yr (1.11%) (1.45%) (2.04%) (3.83%) (5.70%)

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

Non-Hispanic White 54.48% (79/145) 47.62% (60/126) 43.37% (85/196) 27.54% (19/69) 20.00% (2/10)
Avg improvement Per year (13.62%) (11.91%) (10.84%) (6.89%) (5.00%)

African American 81.25% (13/16) 45.45% (10/22) 69.23% (9/13) 46.15% (6/13) 0.00% (0/20)
Avg improvement Per year (20.31%) (11.36%) (17.31%) (11.54%) (0%)

Hispanic 55.56% (5/9) 28.57% (2/7) 37.50% (3/8) 20.00% (1/5) 0.00% (0/0)
Avg improvement Per year (13.89%) (7.14%) (9.38%) (5.00%) (0%)

Other 25.00% (1/4) 50% (1/2) 100.00% (2/2) 0.00% (0/1) 0.00% (0/0)
Ave Per year (6.25%) (12.50%) (25.00%) (0%) (0%)

Overall 4 year Cumulative Improvement 56.32% (98/174) 46.5% (73/157) 45.2% (99/219) 29.55% (26/88) 16.67% (2/12)
Overall Avg improvement/yr (14.08%) (11.6%) (11.3%) (7.39%) (4.17%)