Menopause: at what age?

Each year, 400,000 women in France to reach the age of menopause and more than ten million postmenopausal women in our country. Some clinical and laboratory manifestations may suggest the arrival of this key stage of life. Discover them immediately.

Menopause is the cessation of ovarian function. In France, this phenomenon occurs at age 51 on average. But there are fluctuations from woman to woman and menopause can occur naturally between 40 and 55. It is generally put forward a year or two in heavy smokers. Genetic factors influencing the date of onset and found that the age of menopause is often the same from a mother to a daughter, but it is not mandatory. Unlike the age of puberty, age at menopause has changed little in decades and it is not modulated by the pill.