About three-fourths of middle-aged and older women are sexually active and two-thirds of them are at least somewhat satisfied, according to a new study. Black women are more satisfied with their sex lives than their white counterparts.

Dr. Ilana B. Addis of the University of Arizona in Tucson and colleagues also found in their survey of just over 2,000 women aged 40 to 69 that better mental health was associated with more sexual satisfaction, while heavier women were less likely to be sexually satisfied.

There has been little research on the sex lives of middle-aged and older women, in particular on sexual dysfunction among women in this age group, Addis and her colleagues write in the April issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

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