Table 4.
Levels of distress among of men and women who have had sexual activity with at least one person in the past year and experienced sexual problems for a period of three months or longer in the last year (percent, (n)).
| Men % (n) |
Women % (n) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No or mild distress | Moderate distress | Severe distress | No or mild distress | Moderate distress | Severe distress | |
| Lacked interest in sex | 57.0 (158) | 36.8 (102) | 6.1 (17) | 43.8 (208) | 43.4 (206) | 12.8 (61) |
| Lacked enjoyment in sex | 55.3 (198) | 37.7 (135) | 7.0 (25) | 45.4 (248) | 41.0 (224) | 13.6 (74) |
| No excitement or arousal during sex | 45.2 (57) | 39.7 (50) | 15.1 (19) | 39.0 (82) | 39.0 (82) | 21.9 (46) |
| No climax/orgasm took a long | 66.7 (184) | 30.4 (84) | 2.9 (8) | 68.7 (261) | 26.3 (100) | 5.0 (19) |
| Reached a climax/orgasm too quickly | 65.9 (180) | 27.1 (74) | 7.0 (19) | 83.3 (40) | 14.6 (7) | 2.1 (1) |
| Erectile difficulitesa/vaginal drynessb | 31.0 (88) | 48.2 (137) | 20.8 (59) | 33.5 (79) | 41.5 (98) | 25.0 (59) |
| Distress over at least one sexual problem | 49.4 (383) | 37.7 (292) | 12.9 (100) | 44.0 (342) | 37.3 (290) | 18.7 (145) |
aMen.
bWomen.