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[Age at menarche and first sexual intercourse. A cross-sectional study of 17-year old Danish women].

Solveig Brixen Larsen, Jakob Kragstrup

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The age at menarche and first intercourse was analyzed from data obtained from a questionnaire sent to 1500 17 year-old randomly selected Danish women (76% responded). The average age at menarche was 13.37 years (SD: 1.24). The median age at the time of the first intercourse was 16.6 years. Late sexual debut was observed for girls who were relatively old at menarche and for those with a higher level of education. Apparently the age at menarche and at first sexual intercourse has not changed significantly in recent years.

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Key concepts: Menarche, Sexual intercourse, Danish, Demography, Medicine, Menstruation, Population, Linguistics