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Table 4 Incidence and remission of any UI and distributions by type and severity in EPINCONT

From: Prevalence, incidence and remission of urinary incontinence in women: longitudinal data from the Norwegian HUNT study (EPINCONT)

	Any UI		Type of UI								Severity of UI
			Stress		Urgency		Mixed		Other		Slight		Moderate		Severe		Very Severe
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Incidence of UI
Age / years ^a
20 – 39	897	22.3	493	55.1	108	12.1	262	29.3	32	3.6	536	61.1	322	36.7	16	1.8	3	0.3
40 – 54	665	15.9	300	45.4	105	15.9	228	34.5	28	4.2	323	50.1	296	45.9	23	3.6	3	0.5
55 +	492	17.9	157	32.4	93	19.2	201	41.5	33	6.8	142	31.0	222	48.5	80	17.5	14	3.1
Total	2 054	18.7	950	46.6	306	15.0	691	33.9	93	4.6	1 001	50.6	840	42.4	119	6.0	20	1.0
Remission of UI
Age / years ^a
20 – 39	322	37.2	178	56.2	33	10.4	73	23.0	33	10.4	152	64.7	76	32.3	6	2.6	1	0.4
40 – 54	620	36.8	384	62.1	48	7.8	161	26.1	25	4.0	258	60.3	153	35.7	17	4.0	0	0
55 +	296	27.4	156	54.0	26	9.0	91	31.5	16	5.5	93	46.3	87	43.3	16	8.0	5	2.5
Total	1 238	34.1	718	58.7	107	8.7	325	26.6	74	6.0	503	58.2	316	36.6	39	4.5	6	0.7

^a: Age when participating in EPINCONT1 (E1).

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