Table 3.

Prevalence of Loneliness by Age and Sex.

	60–69 years (n = 1,319)		70–79 years (n = 1,155)		≥80 years (n = 661)
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Any loneliness	305	23.1	307	26.6	208	31.5
Lack of companionship	223	16.9	239	20.7	181	27.4
Left out of life	233	17.7	208	18.0	144	21.8
Isolated from others	55	4.2	65	5.6	73	11.0

	Men (n = 1,283)		Women (n = 1,846)
	n	%	n	%
Any loneliness	295	23.0	525	28.4
Lack of companionship	223	17.4	420	22.7
Left out of life	216	16.8	369	20.0
Isolated from others	79	6.2	114	6.2

Note. Percentage represents the prevalence of loneliness within each of the subgroup.