Women with VMS are feeling the heat

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What percentage of women experience Vasomotor Symptoms (VMS), also known as hot flashes and night sweats, during the menopausal transition?

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VMS disproportionately affects women of color

In the US, VMS affects a higher percentage of African American and Hispanic women, 46% and 34%, respectively, vs 31% of White women. In addition, African American women and Hispanic women experience symptoms for 2-4 years longer than White women.3,7

Black women

Hispanic women

White women

Chinese and Japanese women

BLACK WOMEN

EXPERIENCE
VMS FOR

10.1

YEARS3

Black Women

HISPANIC WOMEN

EXPERIENCE
VMS FOR

8.9

YEARS3

Hispanic Women

WHITE WOMEN

EXPERIENCE
VMS FOR

6.5

YEARS3

White Woman

CHINESE AND
JAPANESE WOMEN

EXPERIENCE
VMS FOR

4.8
5.4
TO

YEARS3

Chinese and Japanese women
VMS IN HER WORDS - When you talk to others and suddenly your face turns bright red, all you want is for the ground to open up and swallow you because it is so embarrassing.

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