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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 18.
Published in final edited form as: Sleep Med. 2009 Oct;10(9):952–960. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2009.07.008

Table 4.

Prevalence of insomnia symptoms by age groups

Age groups
<25 25–34 35–44 45–54 55–64 >=65 Total
% [95% CI] % [95% CI] % [95% CI] % [95% CI] % [95% CI] % [95% CI] % [95% CI]
Difficulty initiating sleepa 10.4 [9.5–11.3] 7.9 [7.2–8.7] 8.5 [10.0–12.0] 8.5 [10.0–12.0] 11.0 [10.0–12.0] 13.1 [11.9–16.0] 10.9 [10.5–11.2]
Difficulty maintaining sleepa 12.4 [11.5–13.4] 15.2 [14.2–16.3] 18.8 [21.8–24.5] 23.1 [21.8–24.5] 33.3 [31.7–34.9] 38.7 [37.3–40.1] 23.1 [22.6–23.7]
Early morning awakeningsa 9.1 [83–10.0] 8.6 [7.8–9.4] 10.4 [13.3–15.5] 14.4 [13.3–15.5] 16.3 [15.1–17.6] 16.7 [15.6–17.8] 12.3 [11.9–12.7]
Non-restorative sleepa 12.1 [11.1–13.0] 11.5 [10.6–12.4] 11.5 [10.9–13.0] 11.9 [10.9–13.0] 9.9 [8.9–10.9] 9.4 [8.5–10.2] 11.1 10.7–11.5
Total insomnia symptomsa 26.6 [25.3–27.9] 27.2 25.9–28.4] 29.6 [28.2–30.9] 34.4 [32.9–36.0] 42.0 [40.3–43.7] 47.7 [46.3–49.1] 34.5 [33.7–34.8]
a

p<0.0001 between age groups