Life expectancy has increased remarkably in recent years. In 2013 in the European
Union, life expectancy at birth was 83.3 years for women and 77.8 years for men [
[1]
]. Worldwide, the number of postmenopausal women is estimated to reach 1.1 billion
in 2025 [
[2]
]. Overall life expectancy at age 60 is approximately another 25 years. Therefore a
statement on ageing and sexual health is timely because older people remain sexually
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Published online: April 20, 2017
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