Average age of menopause and its climacteric symptoms in women of Multan City

Aim: to determine average age at menopause in women having natural menopause and identify climacteric symptoms occurring after menopause. methods: this cross sectional study was carried out in the department of obstetrics and gynaecology,nishtar hospital,multan from april 2011 to september 2011. a total of 89 subjects were included in the study. results: the age of the women was 35-60 years with mean age 54.29±3.73 years. mean age at menopause was 46.88±2.44 years. majority of women (50.6%) were multiparous. most of the women (67.4%) belong to low socio-economic status. hot flushes were the commonest symptom after menopause evident in 69(77.5%) women followed by loss of libido found in 62(69.7%) women. forty four (49.4%) had body aches and pains while nocturia was evident in 42 women. thirty nine (43.8%) had night sweats and headache was evident in 34(38.2%) women. conclusion: we concluded that average age at menopause was 46.88+2.22 years and most common climacteric symptom was hot flushes.