According to a survey carried out in 2021 in the United Kingdom (UK), 38 percent of women first started to experience menopause symptoms when they were aged between 46 and 50 years. Just over a quarter of women reported to experience symptoms of the menopause when they were between 41 and 45 years of age, while 19 percent said they were aged 51 to 55 years.
How old were you when you started to experience menopause symptoms?
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