Table 1.

Prevalence of Urinary Incontinence Alone, Fecal Incontinence Alone, and Dual Incontinence, Overall and Stratified by Race and Age

		Urinary Incontinence Alone		Fecal Incontinence Alone		Dual Incontinence
Stratification variable	n	Cases	% (95% CI)	Cases	% (95% CI)	Cases	% (95% CI)
All women	64,396	24,341	37.8 (37.4–38.2)	2,786	4.3 (4.2–4.5)	4,660	7.2 (7.0–7.4)
Race
White	62,777	23,855	38.0 (37.6–38.4)	2,721	4.3 (4.2–4.5)	4,584	7.3 (7.1–7.5)
Black	929	257	27.7 (24.8–30.7)*	27	2.9 (1.9–4.2)*	29	3.1 (2.1–4.5)*
Asian	494	142	28.7 (24.8–33.0)*	34	6.9 (4.8–9.5)*	31	6.3 (4.3–8.8)
Age, years
62–69	24,077	7,897	32.8 (32.2–33.4)	1,077	4.5 (4.2–4.7)	1,303	5.4 (5.1–5.7)
70–79	27,614	11,038	40.0 (39.4–40.6)†	1,123	4.1 (3.8–4.3)†	2,012	7.3 (7.0–7.6)†
80–87	12,705	5,406	42.6 (41.7–43.4)†	586	4.6 (4.3–5.0)	1,345	10.6 (10.1–11.1)†

CI, confidence interval.

^*Statistically significant difference in prevalence compared with white women (P<0.05).

^†Statistically significant difference in prevalence compared with women aged 62–69 years (P<0.05).