Annie Cardone
Annie Cardone is the author of Menopause Mental Health Matters, a Human Rights Activist and a qualified Mental Health teacher.
Alongside Penny Lancaster and Halle Berry Annie is working on a movement to promote women's health betterment during menopause worldwide.
the menopause statistics
USA 75 - million women
1.5 MILLION HOSPITILIZED
USA 75 - million women
Over 75 million women are in perimenopause, menopause, or post-menopause right now in the U.S.—with 6,000 more women reaching menopause each day. Research has long been underinvested in and overlooked
UK - 13 MILLION WOMEN
1.5 MILLION HOSPITILIZED
USA 75 - million women
Over 13 million women are in peri-menopause or menopause in the UK. Their only option when suffering from physical and mental health symptoms is to see their GP. Many GP's did not study menopause in their medical training.
1.5 MILLION HOSPITILIZED
1.5 MILLION HOSPITILIZED
1.5 MILLION HOSPITILIZED
Every year over 1.5 million women are bought to an emergency room in the USA with sleep deprivation from menopausal insomnia. They are sent straight to a psychiatric ward.
OVER 50% MENTALLY SUFFER
290,000 suicide risk SURVEY
1.5 MILLION HOSPITILIZED
We know that over 50% of people going through the menopause experience neuropsychiatric conditions, such as depression and insomnia. So many get mis-diagnosed and sent straight to psychiatry.
290,000 suicide risk SURVEY
290,000 suicide risk SURVEY
290,000 suicide risk SURVEY
In 2021 a study of 290,000 women veterans found menopausal hormone therapy may be an important indicator of suicide risk among midlife and older women.
menopause education
290,000 suicide risk SURVEY
290,000 suicide risk SURVEY
More than 90% of postmenopausal women were never taught about the menopause at school and over 60% only started looking for information about it once their symptoms had started, finds a new UCL-led study.