Table 2.

Published patient-reported ED prevalence rates among US population (2000-2022).

Study	Year	Data source/study population	ED measurement	Age, y	Prevalence (95% CI), %
Kupelian41	2008	Boston Area Community Health Survey	IIEF-5	30-79	20.7
Laumann42	2007	Male Attitudes Regarding Sexual Health Study	MMAS	≥40	22.0 (19.4-24.6)
				40-49	9.1 (5.9-12.2)
				50-59	15.2 (11.3-19.1)
				60-69	29.4 (22.8-35.9)
				≥70	54.9 (46.9-62.8)
Derby43	2001	MMAS	MMAS	40-69	50.0 (45-54)
			IIEF	40-69	50.0 (42-57)
Londoño44	2012	Kaiser Permanente Southern California	MMAS	45-69	57.8
Ansong45	2000	4 rural counties in central New York State	Two questions: Have you experienced erectile dysfunction (impotence) within the past 6 mo? Have you sought treatment for erectile dysfunction (impotence)?	50-76	46.3
				50-54	26
				55-59	34.9
				60-64	46.9
				65-69	57.8
				70-76	69.4
Laumann46	2009	Random national sample	Two questions: Whether they had experienced erection difficulties for at least 2 mo during the previous year. Those who answered yes were then asked whether they had experienced the problem occasionally, sometimes, or frequently.	40-80	22.5 (19.6-25.7)
Selvin47	2007	NHANES	Question: How would you describe your ability to get and keep an erection adequate for satisfactory intercourse? Would you say that you are always able or almost always able to get and keep an erection, usually able to get and keep an erection, sometimes able to get and keep an erection, or never able to get and keep an erection?	≥20	18.4
				20-39	5.1
				40-59	14.8
				60-69	43.8
				≥70	70.2
Johannes,48 Feldman5,a	2000, 1994	MMAS	MMAS	40-49 50-59	12.4 (9.0-16.9) 29.8 (24.0-37.0)
				60-69	46.4 (36.9-58.4)
Fang49	2015	Boston Area Community Health Survey	IIEF-5	29.4-79.7	47.5
Rosen50	2004	Men’s Attitudes to Life Events and Sexuality Study	Self-reported erection difficulty	20-29	8
				30-39	11
				40-49	15
				50-59	22
				60-69	30
				70-75	37
Goldstein51	2020	National Health and Wellness Survey	Self-reported difficulty in achieving or maintaining an erection in the past 6 mo	40-70	46.1
Loprinzi52	2015	NHANES	Question: How would you describe your ability to get and keep an erection adequate for satisfactory intercourse?	50-85	53.7
Foster53	2013	National Health and Wellness Survey	American Urological Association–Symptom Index	≥40	24.6 for ED only and 4.9 for ED with benign prostatic hyperplasia
Shaeer54	2012	Global Online Sexuality Survey	IIEF-5	Mean 52.4	37.7 had various degrees of ED: mild, 19.4; mild to moderate, 7.3; moderate, 4.4; and severe, 6.6

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