Where the wall started

The Global Symptom Constellation shows the symptoms women add, anonymously. So that it has something to show from day one, each age range starts from published menopause research, counted as 10 women.

The starting point, by age

Each age range draws on the best study we could find for women that age, so the lists are not directly comparable between ranges. Many of these symptoms can also have other causes.

Sources

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2. Contemporary OB/GYN (2021). Menopausal symptoms associated with premature ovarian insufficiency. News report on Huang et al. 2021.
3. Zamani R, Abbasi C, Wang S, Wolfman W (2026). Menopausal symptoms in average-age menopause and premature ovarian insufficiency. Menopause (accepted 2026).
4. Su H, Li H, Zhang H, Yang X, Wang C (2023). Menopausal symptoms and quality of life in female survivors treated with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Frontiers in Psychiatry.
5. Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (2026). Data book, 1973-78 cohort, survey 8 (2018, aged 40 to 45). Universities of Queensland and Newcastle.
6. Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (2026). Data book, 1946-51 cohort, survey 1 (1996, aged 45 to 50). Universities of Queensland and Newcastle.
7. Fawcett Society (Bazeley A, Marren C, Shepherd A) (2022). Menopause and the Workplace. Survey by Savanta ComRes for Channel 4.
8. Rindner L, Strömme G, Nordeman L, et al. (2017). Prevalence of somatic and urogenital symptoms as well as psychological health in women aged 45 to 55 attending primary health care: a cross-sectional study. BMC Women's Health.
9. Duffy OK, Iversen L, Hannaford PC (2012). The impact and management of symptoms experienced at midlife: a community-based study of women in northeast Scotland. BJOG.
10. Mishra GD, Kuh D (2012). Health symptoms during midlife in relation to menopausal transition: British prospective cohort study. BMJ 344:e402 (MRC National Survey of Health and Development).
11. Blümel JE, Chedraui P, et al. (REDLINC) (2012). Menopausal symptoms appear before the menopause and persist 5 years beyond: a detailed analysis of a multinational study. Climacteric 15.
12. Nappi RE, Kroll R, Siddiqui E, et al. (2021). Global cross-sectional survey of women with vasomotor symptoms associated with menopause: prevalence and quality of life burden. Menopause 28.
13. Mitchell KR, et al. (2013). Sexual function in Britain: findings from the third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal-3). The Lancet (Natsal-3).
14. Worsley R, Bell RJ, Gartoulla P, Davis SR (2017). Prevalence and Predictors of Low Sexual Desire, Sexually Related Personal Distress, and Hypoactive Sexual Desire Dysfunction in a Community-Based Sample of Midlife Women. Journal of Sexual Medicine 14.
15. Brunner RL, Aragaki A, Barnabei V, et al. (2010). Menopausal symptom experience before and after stopping estrogen therapy in the Women's Health Initiative randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Menopause 17(5) (Women's Health Initiative).
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17. Ebbesen MH, Hunskaar S, Rortveit G, Hannestad YS (2013). Prevalence, incidence and remission of urinary incontinence in women: longitudinal data from the Norwegian HUNT study (EPINCONT). BMC Urology 13.
18. Hunter MS, Gentry-Maharaj A, Ryan A, et al. (2012). Prevalence, frequency and problem rating of hot flushes persist in older postmenopausal women. BJOG 119(1) (UKCTOCS).
19. Gartoulla P, Worsley R, Bell RJ, Davis SR (2015). Moderate to severe vasomotor and sexual symptoms remain problematic for women aged 60 to 65 years. Menopause 22(7).
20. Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (2026). Data book, 1946-51 cohort, survey 7 (2013, aged 62 to 67). Universities of Queensland and Newcastle.
21. Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (2026). Data book, 1946-51 cohort, survey 8 (2016, aged 65 to 70). Universities of Queensland and Newcastle.
22. Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (2023). Data book, 1946-51 cohort, survey 10 (2022 to 2023, aged 71 to 77). Universities of Queensland and Newcastle.
23. Zeleke BM, Bell RJ, Billah B, Davis SR (2016). Symptomatic pelvic floor disorders in community-dwelling older Australian women. Maturitas 85.
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28. Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (2026). Data book, 1973-78 cohort, survey 7 (2015, aged 37 to 42). Universities of Queensland and Newcastle.
29. Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (2026). Data book, 1946-51 cohort, survey 4 (2004, aged 53 to 58). Universities of Queensland and Newcastle.
30. Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (2026). Data book, 1946-51 cohort, survey 5 (2007, aged 56 to 61). Universities of Queensland and Newcastle.
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Symptoms are matched to the names used in the TALIA app. Where a study grouped symptoms differently, we used the closest name.