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. 2018 Jul 18;18:232. doi: 10.1186/s12888-018-1808-6

Table 2.

Prevalence of any type of insomnia symptoms by age and sex

Age (years)
(n = 628)
DIS (n = 628) Age (years)
(n = 711)
DMS (n = 711) Age (years)
(n = 544)
EMA (n = 544) Age (years)
(n = 4399)
Any insomnia symptoms (n = 4399)
Female %
(95% CI)
Male %
(95% CI)
Total %
(95% CI)
Female %
(95% CI)
Male%
(95% CI)
Total %
(95% CI)
Female%
(95% CI)
Male%
(95% CI)
Total %
(95% CI)
Female%
(95% CI)
Male%
(95% CI)
Total %
(95% CI)
< 50 (n = 410) 13.4 (11.9–14.8) 12.6 (10.5–14.7) 13.1 (12.0–14.3) < 50 (n = 458) 15.4 (13.9–16.9) 13.1 (11.0–15.3) 14.7 (13.4–15.9) < 50 (n = 324) 10.7 (9.4–12.0) 9.6 (7.8–11.5) 10.4 (9.3–11.5) < 50 (n = 324) 20.8 (19.1–22.5) 18.7 (16.3–21.2) 20.1 (18.7–21.5)
>/=50 (n = 218) 19.6 (16.8–22.5) 13.4 (10.5–16.3) 17.0 (15.0–19.1) >/=50 (n = 253) 22.0 (19.1–25.0) 16.6 (13.4–19.8) 19.8 (17.6–22.0) >/=50 (n = 220) 19.5 (16.6–22.3) 13.9 (11.0–16.9) 17.2 (15.1–19.3) >/=50 (n = 220) 30.1 (26.8–33.4) 22.6 (19.0–26.1) 27.0 (24.5–29.4)
Total 14.9 (13.7–16.3) 12.9 (11.2–14.6) 14.3 (13.2–15.3) Total 17.1 (15.7–18.5) 14.4 (12.6–16.1) 16.2 (15.1–17.3) Total 12.9 (11.8–14.2) 11.2 (9.6–12.8) 12.4 (11.4–13.3) Total 23.2 (21.6–24.7) 20.1 (18.1–22.1) 22.1 (20.9–23.3)

CI = confidence interval; DIS = difficulty initiating sleep; DMS = difficulty maintaining sleep; EMA = early morning awakening