TY - JOUR T1 - Age at natural menopause and socio-demographicdeterminants in Shiraz TT - سن یائسگی طبیعی و عوامل اجتماعی - جمعیتی در شیراز 1379 JF - J-Mazand-Univ-Med-Sci JO - J-Mazand-Univ-Med-Sci VL - 14 IS - 44 UR - http://jmums.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-395-en.html Y1 - 2004 SP - 51 EP - 61 KW - Âge at Menopause KW - socio-demographic factors KW - cross-sectional study KW - natural menopause N2 - Ôbjective : The relation of the mean age at natural menopause with socio-demographic factors was calculated among women in Shiraz. The data were obtained from a population-based cross sectional study carried out in the year 2000. Materials and methods: Ïnterviews were carried out and observation made on 948 women who had undergone a natural menopause, chosen randomly using postal zones housing framework. Results: The mean age at menopause in this population was 48.3 + 5.3 year (95% ÇÏ : 47.97-48.62) with a median of 49 years. Groups of women with an average early menopause were those who never married (44.7 years, P M3 ER -