Although urinary incontinence afflicts both sexes, it is twice as common in women as in men. Urinary incontinence is the involuntary leakage of urine in amounts causing health or social problems.
The most frequent types of urinary incontinence include stress urinary incontinence, urge incontinence, or so-called overactive bladder, mixed urinary incontinence (a combination of stress urinary incontinence and an overactive bladder), and other types of urinary incontinence.