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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 117, No. 3: 356-361
Copyright © 1983 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

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ESTIMATION OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF AGE AT NATURAL MENOPAUSE FROM PREVALENCE DATA

M. D. KRAILO and M. C. PIKE

From the Dept. of Preventive Medicine, U. of Southern California Medical School 2025 Zonal Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90033

(Reprint requests to Dr. Krailo.)

Krailo, M. D. (Dept. of Preventive Medicine, U. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033), and M. C. Pike. Estimation of the distribution of age at natural menopause from prevalence data. Am J Epidemiol 1983; 117: 356–61.

Nearly 30% of US women reach menopause (defined as cessation of menstrual periods) as a consequence of an operation. This biases the observable distribution of age at natural menopause. Another problem with estimating this distribution from a cross-sectional study is the clustering of reported age at natural menopause around ages ending in zero and five (Mac-Mahon B, Worcester J. Age at menopause, United States 1960–1962. Washington DC: National Center for Health Statistics, 1966. Vital and health statistics, Series 11: Data from the National Health Survey, no. 19. (DHEW publication no. (HSM) 66–1000)). This paper discusses the approach of Mac-Mahon and Worcester to this problem and compares it with a competing risks approach.

menopause; risk


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