Table 2.

Percentage of youth reporting specific sexual difficulties and percentage reporting sexual difficulties hindering their sexuality

	All sexual dysfunctionsa				Sexual dysfunctions hindering sexuality b
Type of dysfunction	Frequency	Females n = 842	Males n = 642	p	Type of dysfunction hindering sexuality	Females n = 842	Males n = 642	p
Difficulty reaching orgasm	Often	7%	1%	<0.001	Difficulty reaching orgasm	12%	3%	<0.001
	Sometimes	21%	6%
	Rarely	19%	10%
	Never	53%	83%
Lack of sexual desire	Often	4%	1%	<0.001	Lack of sexual desire	13%	4%	<0.001
	Sometimes	20%	9%
	Rarely	26%	18%
	Never	50%	72%
Pain during intercourse	Often	4%	0%	<0.001	Pain during intercourse	16%	2%	<0.001
	Sometimes	18%	5%
	Rarely	21%	8%
	Never	58%	88%
Lack of pleasure during intercourse	Often	2%	2%	<0.001	Lack of pleasure during intercourse	10%	3%	<0.001
	Sometimes	14%	6%
	Rarely	26%	18%
	Never	59%	74%
Vaginal dryness	Often	1%	-		Vaginal dryness	7%	-
	Sometimes	8%	-
	Rarely	9%	-
	Never	81%	-
Problem maintaining an erection	Often	-	1%		Problem maintaining an erection	-	2%
	Sometimes	-	4%
	Rarely	-	11%
	Never	-	85%
Premature ejaculation	Often	-	2%		Premature ejaculation	-	10%
	Sometimes	-	18%
	Rarely	-	33%
	Never	-	48%
Nr of sexual dysfunctions	None	48%	77%	<0.001	Nr of sexual dysfunctions hindering sexuality	69%	91%	<0.001
	1	29%	17%			18%	7%
	>1	23%	6%			13%	2%

^a Percentage of youth reporting sexual dysfunctions (often, sometimes, rarely, never) irrespective of whether these problems cause distress

^b Percentage of youth reporting sexual dysfunctions hindering sexuality (yes/no)