About 30 million men in the United States have a problem getting or keeping an erection.

 

 

 

 

 

Source:
NIH.
Consensus development conference statement. National Institutes of Health. Impotence. December 7-9, 1992.
International Journal of Impotence Research. 1993; 5:181-284.

 

 

 

 

 

¹ So about 1 in every 10 men have erection problems of some kind.

Men of any age can get this condition. But it's more common in men over 40.

 

 

 

 

 

Source:
National Kidney and Urological Diseases Information Clearinghouse.
Erectile dysfunction.
Available at http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/impotence/index.htm (accessed on 13 August 2009).

 

 

 

 

 

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As people are living longer, erection problems are becoming more common. Also, more men may be seeing their doctor about erection problems now that good treatments are available.

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