Female Sexual Dysfunction Common In Around 40% Of All Women
A survey recently presented to the American Urology Association, based on data gathered from 1,415 women as part of the Boston Area Community Health survey, has concluded that around 40% of women who have been sexually active with a partner within the last 4 weeks have some degree of Female Sexual Dysfunction, or FSD for short.
The female participants of this study were asked to provide answers to questions relating to their arousal, sexual desire, orgasms, lubrication and if any pain was experienced during sexual intercourse. The findings of this survey concluded that Female Sexual Dysfunction is far more prevalent amongst Caucasian women, with 45% of them showing signs of varying degrees of the condition. The rate amongst Hispanic and African-American women was considerably lower in contrast, with 33% and 31% respectively.
Lead author of the survey, Dr Karen Lutfey of the New England Research Institute, added that although the racial factors where quite significant in her finders there were also many others including age, with women between 60 and 90 being far more likely to report this complaint, as well as those who were married.
Contrary to these high rates of FSD, approximately 40% on average, only 13% of the subjects being dissatisfied with there sex lives and 25% of the women asked being satisfied.