Table 2.
Gender-combined and age-standardized (1) prevalence (%) of individuals reporting moderate or major bother from different lower urinary tract symptoms (population perspective) and (2) proportion (%) of individuals reporting moderate or major bother among those affected with the symptom (individual perspective)
| Symptom | Age-standardized prevalence/proportion |
|
|---|---|---|
| Population perspective, %* | Individual perspective,%† | |
| Hesitancy | 1.6 | 4.6 |
| Weak stream | 1.4 | 16.0 |
| Incomplete emptying | 3.0 | 9.1 |
| Straining | 2.3 | 5.3 |
| Daytime frequency | 4.3 | 16.5 |
| Nocturia | 6.0 | 14.9 |
| Urinary urgency | 7.9 | 13.5 |
| Urgency urinary incontinence | 5.0 | 30.7 |
| Pain/Burning | 0.6 | 2.8 |
| Postmicturition dribble | 5.8 | 13.8 |
| Stress urinary incontinence | 6.5 | 19.8 |
| Other incontinence | 1.3 | 11.9 |
*
The age-standardized prevalence of respondents with moderate or major bother was calculated for each symptom.
†
Among symptomatic individuals (those who reported a symptom occurring at least rarely), the age-standardized proportion of individuals with moderate or major bother for each lower urinary tract symptom was calculated.