| 28 days in | 70.80 per cent. |
| 30 days in | 13.74 per cent. |
| 21 days in | 1.66 per cent. |
| 27 days in | 1.45 per cent. |
As regards the season in which menstruation first appears, Krieger states that in one-half of the women examined by him menstruation had begun in the autumn season, in the month of September, October, or November.
Szukits, as a result of an investigation into the menstrual functions of Austrian women, determined that among 1,013 women menstruation occurred:
| Every 28 to 30 days in | 642 women. |
| Every 8 to 21 days in | 169 women. |
| Every 35 to 56 days in | 128 women. |
| And was quite irregular in | 74 women. |
In 500 Jewish women, Hirsch found that menstruation occurred:
| 23 days after the beginning of the last menstruation in | 19 |
| 24 days after the beginning of the last menstruation in | 29 |
| 25 days after the beginning of the last menstruation in | 36 |
| 26 days after the beginning of the last menstruation in | 56 |
| 27 days after the beginning of the last menstruation in | 62 |
| 28 days after the beginning of the last menstruation in | 73 |
| 275 | |
and in the remaining cases at other intervals than those stated. He is, therefore, of opinion that in the majority of Jewish women the type of menstruation is shorter then twenty-nine days.
According to Brierre de Boismont, among 100 women menstruation recurred:
| Every 4 weeks in | 61 women. |
| Every 3 weeks in | 28 women. |
| Every 2 weeks in | 1 woman. |
| And at various irregular periods in | 10 women. |
Tilt found among 100 women that menstruation recurred: