title: [Menopause in women in Novi Sad].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This study deals with the occurrence of menopause in women of Novi Sad during 1996 and 1997 in ambulatory-care services for women of the Health Center Novi Sad.
  
  
  METHODS
  This retrospective study included 640 women, 42-82 years of age.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The mean age at menopause is 49.05 +/- 3.51 years, and median 50.05 +/- 0.17. Menopause in women under the age of 40 has been referred to as premature and it occurred in 16 women (2.49%). In regard to a longer time interval, in 585 women (91.41%) menopause occurred between 45-55 years of age. In our previous study of menarche in Novi Sad, we found that the mean age was 13.07 +/- 1.1 whereas the average reproductive period lasted 35.98 years.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In order to perform relevant comparison of data in regard to menopause, it is necessary to establish a unified methodology. Foundation of Counseling Centers for menopausal women is desirable in the aim of better understanding their numerous problems during premenopausal and postmenopausal periods.
authors.affiliation: Dom zdravlja Novi Sad, Zdravstvena stanica Bistrica, 21000 Novi Sad.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tokin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bjelajac
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dobrić
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015022:Yugoslavia