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. 2008 Dec 1;31(12):1655–1662. doi: 10.1093/sleep/31.12.1655

Table 2.

Prevalence of Insomnia by Age, Sex, and Region

Age (years) DIS
DMS
EMA
At least one of the three types of insomnia
(years) Male % (SE) Female % (SE) Total % (SE) Male % (SE) Female % (SE) Total % (SE) Male % (SE) Female % (SE) Total % (SE) Male % (SE) Female % (SE) Total % (SE)
Whole sample
    15–24 1.9 (0.5) 1.8 (0.6) 1.9 (0.4) 1.6 (0.5) 2.5 (0.7) 2.0 (0.4) 0.9 (0.4) 1.1 (0.4) 1.0 (0.3) 1.9 (0.5) 2.9 (0.8) 2.3 (0.4)
    25–34 6.5 (1.0) 5.1 (1.0) 5.8 (0.7) 7.3 (1.0) 4.8 (1.0) 6.2 (0.7) 5.6 (0.9) 2.9 (0.7) 4.4 (0.6) 9.0 (1.1) 6.0 (1.1) 7.7 (0.8)
    35–44 4.8 (0.8) 7.8 (1.1) 6.2 (0.7) 5.5 (0.9) 10.2 (1.3) 7.7 (0.7) 3.4 (0.7) 5.8 (1.0) 4.5 (0.6) 6.6 (1.0) 10.2 (1.3) 8.3 (0.8)
    45–54 7.0 (1.1) 12.5 (1.5) 9.6 (0.9) 6.6 (1.1) 15.0 (1.7) 10.7 (1.0) 3.8 (0.8) 9.6 (1.4) 6.7 (0.8) 8.1 (1.2) 16.9 (1.7) 12.4 (1.0)
    55–64 7.8 (1.8) 16.2 (2.2) 12.4 (1.5) 10.7 (2.1) 19.0 (2.4) 15.3 (1.6) 5.6 (1.5) 11.3 (1.9) 8.7 (1.2) 12.1 (2.2) 21.2 (2.5) 17.1 (1.7)
    ≥ 65 8.2 (1.5) 13.6 (1.8) 11.0 (1.2) 8.4 (1.5) 15.6 (1.9) 12.1 (1.2) 5.5 (1.2) 9.8 (1.6) 7.7 (1.0) 10.2 (1.7) 17.6 (2.0) 14.0 (1.3)
    Total 5.5 (0.4) 8.7 (0.5) 7.0 (0.3) 6.0 (0.4) 10.4 (0.6) 8.0 (0.3) 3.8 (0.3) 6.2 (0.4) 4.9 (0.3) 7.2 (0.4) 11.5 (0.6) 9.2 (0.4)
Rural sample
    15–24 1.2 (0.6) 0.8 (0.6) 1.1 (0.4) 1.2 (0.6) 0.8 (0.6) 1.1 (0.4) 1.2 (0.6) 0 0.7 (0.3) 1.2 (0.6) 1.6 (0.9) 1.4 (0.5)
    25–34 5.9 (1.4) 6.1 (1.5) 6.0 (1.0) 6.5 (1.4) 5.6 (1.5) 6.1 (1.0) 5.9 (1.4) 4.2 (1.3) 5.1 (0.9) 8.3 (1.6) 7.1 (1.6) 7.7 (1.1)
    35–44 5.5 (1.3) 9.0 (1.7) 7.3 (1.1) 6.2 (1.4) 11.7 (1.9) 8.9 (1.2) 4.4 (1.2) 7.4 (1.5) 5.9 (1.0) 7.2 (1.5) 11.7 (1.9) 9.4 (1.2)
    45–54 6.5 (1.8) 14.6 (2.5) 10.7 (1.5) 8.0 (2.0) 16.5 (2.6) 12.4 (1.7) 4.0 (1.4) 11.7 (2.2) 8.0 (1.4) 8.5 (2.0) 18.7 (2.7) 13.8 (1.7)
    55–64 9.9 (3.5) 21.0 (4.0) 16.4 (2.8) 14.0 (4.1) 22.7 (4.2) 19.1 (3.0) 6.6 (2.9) 13.6 (3.4) 10.7 (2.3) 14.8 (4.2) 25.5 (4.3) 21.1 (3.1)
     ≥ 65 11.9 (3.4) 19.2 (3.8) 15.8 (2.6) 10.7 (3.2) 22.4 (4.0) 16.9 (2.6) 6.2 (2.5) 15.5 (3.5) 11.2 (2.2) 13.2 (3.5) 24.4 (4.2) 19.2 (2.8)
    Total 5.4 (0.6) 10.0 (0.9) 7.6 (0.5) 6.1 (0.6) 11.3 (0.9) 8.6 (0.5) 4.2 (0.5) 7.5 (0.7) 5.8 (0.4) 7.1 (0.7) 12.6 (0.9) 9.7 (0.6)
Urban sample
    15–24 2.6 (0.9) 2.6 (1.0) 2.6 (0.6) 1.9 (0.8) 4.0 (1.5) 2.9 (0.7) 0.6 (0.4) 2.0 (0.8) 1.2 (0.4) 2.6 (0.9) 4.0 (1.2) 3.2 (0.7)
    25–34 7.0 (1.4) 4.0 (1.3) 5.7 (1.0) 8.1 (1.5) 4.0 (1.3) 6.3 (1.0) 5.4 (1.3) 1.5 (0.8) 3.7 (0.8) 9.7 (1.7) 5.0 (1.4) 7.7 (1.1)
    35–44 4.2 (1.0) 6.5 (1.5) 5.2 (0.9) 5.0 (1.1) 8.5 (1.7) 6.5 (1.0) 2.5 (0.8) 4.0 (1.2) 3.1 (0.7) 6.2 (1.3) 8.5 (1.7) 7.2 (1.0)
    45–54 7.3 (1.5) 10.8 (1.9) 8.9 (1.2) 5.7 (1.3) 13.8 (2.2) 9.4 (1.2) 3.8 (1.1) 7.9 (1.7) 5.7 (1.0) 7.9 (1.5) 15.4 (2.3) 11.3 (1.3)
    55–64 6.8 (2.0) 13.4 (2.6) 10.2 (1.7) 9.2 (2.3) 16.8 (2.9) 13.2 (1.9) 5.2 (1.8) 9.9 (2.3) 7.7 (1.5) 10.8 (2.5) 18.5 (3.0) 14.9 (2.0)
     ≥ 65 6.7 (1.6) 11.0 (2.0) 8.9 (1.3) 7.5 (1.7) 12.5 (2.1) 10.0 (1.4) 5.2 (1.4) 7.2 (1.7) 6.2 (1.1) 8.8 (1.9) 14.6 (2.3) 11.7 (1.5)
    Total 5.6 (0.5) 7.7 (0.6) 6.6 (0.4) 5.9 (0.5) 9.6 (0.7) 7.6 (0.4) 3.5 (0.3) 5.2 (0.5) 4.3 (0.3) 7.3 (0.6) 10.6 (0.8) 8.8 (0.5)

SE: standard error