Topic summary
Urinary tract infections
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Urinary tract infection.
Epidemiology
Urinary tract infections occur almost four times more frequently in females than in males. Urinary tract infections are the most frequent bacterial infection in women. They occur most frequently between the ages of 16 and 35 years, with 10% of women getting an infection yearly and more than 40–60% having an infection at some point in their lives. Recurrences are common, with nearly half of people getting a second infection within a year.