Realised that the second I pasted the text. It's midnight in Germany ... That's the original link I found: http://askville.amazon.com/AMERICAN-WOMEN-TAMPONS-PAD

Realised that the second I pasted the text. It's midnight in Germany ... That's the original link I found: http://askville.amazon.com/AMERICAN-WOMEN-TAMPONS-PADS-PERIOD/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=15177503 http://askville.amazon.com/AMERICAN-WOMEN-TAMPONS-PADS-PERIO... And here is another statistic: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22980411 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22980411 They're both not clear though I do think it's fair to say tampons are preferred. Just google for "tampons vs. pads".