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Gloria Kolb: Half of women over 50 experience urinary incontinence

Gloria Kolb · Advice Line with Angie & Dan Bastian of Angie's BOOMCHICKAPOP · Apr 2, 2026 · at 20:13

Gloria Kolb, co-founder and CEO of Elida (maker of the Elitone pelvic floor device), explains the prevalence of female urinary incontinence.

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“One out of two women over the age of 50 has some incontinence, where if they sneeze, they exercise, they leak some urine.”

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The claim, plainly

One out of two women over the age of 50 experiences some form of urinary incontinence.

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Assessment

Established epidemiological data, peer-reviewed clinical reviews, and public health sources substantiate that approximately 50% (1 in 2) of women aged 50 and older experience some form of urinary incontinence. A clinical review indexed on NIH PubMed explicitly notes a ~50% prevalence for women over 50, a 2018 University of Michigan/AARP poll of women aged 50–80 found a 46% prevalence rate (51% for ages 65–80), and broader multi-study epidemiological reviews place the prevalence among postmenopausal and older women between 40% and 57%.

A peer-reviewed clinical review published in the Journal of Women's Health (indexed on PubMed/NIH) indicates that approximately 50% of women aged >50 years experience urinary incontinence.
A November 2018 University of Michigan/AARP National Poll on Healthy Aging of 1,027 women aged 50–80 found that 46% experienced urinary incontinence in the preceding year (43% of women aged 50–64 and 51% of women aged 65–80).
Epidemiological surveys across multiple medical journals (such as Climacteric and International Urogynecology Journal) and Mayo Clinic reference materials report urinary incontinence rates for postmenopausal and older women ranging between 40% and 57%, rising further with age.

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