What is the rate of incidence for uterine prolapse?

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  A Dr. Ramzi E. Aboujaoude, MD , OBGYN (Obstetrics & Gynecology), answered on behalf of Johnston-Willis Hospital - HCA Virginia

  Pelvic organ prolapse is very frequent; one out of nine women will need a surgery to repair her uterine prolapse.
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  A Good Samaritan Hospital answered

  The incidence rate for uterine prolapse is not known. However, authorities consider uterine prolapse to be a "fairly common" disorder. In the United States, uterine prolapse is the reason for surgery in approximately 16 percent of hysterectomies.

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  A Patricia Geraghty, NP , Women's Health, answered

  The reported incidence of uterine prolapse varies from 14% of women with uterine prolapse and 40% with some degree of pelvic organ prolapse in the Women's Health Initiative in the United States to 3.6% of women in a French study. An important difference in the methodology of obtaining these numbers is that the women in the United States had physical examinations while the French women were self-reporting. Many women don't realize or don't talk about prolapse.
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