How common is pelvic organ prolapse?
Pelvic organ prolapse is experienced almost entirely by adult women. It is more common in white women than in black women.1
Pelvic organ prolapse is caused most commonly by labour and childbirth. A woman's risk of developing pelvic organ prolapse is 8 times greater after two vaginal births. Her risk increases by 12 times with four or more vaginal births. Only 4% of women with pelvic organ prolapse have not experienced childbirth.2
| Author: | Carrie Henley Monica Rhodes | Last Updated: November 29, 2007 |
| Medical Review: | Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine Joy Melnikow, MD, MPH - Family Medicine R. Hugh Gorwill, MD - Obstetrics and Gynecology | |
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