Table 4 Prevalence of insomnia (%) by region and gender.

From: Gender and Regional Differences in Sleep Quality and Insomnia: A General Population-based Study in Hunan Province of China

 

Overall

male

female

P *

All regions, %

26.60

26.30

27.00

0.232

A. Ruralx , %

29.40

28.90

29.80

0.366

B. Urbanx (overall), %

25.50

25.30

25.80

0.618

 B.1. Small town, %

24.80

24.20

25.60

0.394

 B.2. County-level city, %

25.90

25.70

26.10

0.754

 B.3. Prefecture-level city, %

23.50

23.70

23.30

0.771

 B.4. Provincial capital city, %

27.00

26.50

27.50

0.389

  1. M: mean; SD: standard deviation; n: number; %: proportion of insomnia.
  2. PSQI: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.
  3. *P value, testing for gender difference in insomnia by region from Chi-square test.
  4. xSignificant difference in proportion of poor sleepers in overall sample between rural and urban areas (p < 0.001, Chi-square test).
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