Epidemiology Characteristics of Constipation for General Population, Pediatric Population, and Elderly Population in China

Table 4

Gender differences in the prevalence of constipation.

	Male	Female	Ratio male/female
General population	5.6%	8.1%	1 : 1.4
Elderly population	14.9%	16.7%	1 : 1.1
Pediatric population	19.1%	21.6%	1 : 1.1