title: [The sexual life of 60-year-old Danish men].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The sexuality of men is influenced by many factors, and there are changes throughout life. In a literature search only 35 fairly representative cross-sectional studies of elderly men were found. There is no population study of elderly Danish men's sexuality. The aim of our study was to describe the sexual life of a group of 60-year-old men from the Copenhagen area.
  
  
  METHODS
  The material is a random sample of 66 men from a cohort found to be fairly representative of 60-year-old men in the County of Copenhagen. The men were interviewed using structured guidelines, which also included open questions.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Around half of the men felt sexual desire once a week or more. Around one third had had fewer than four sexual partners throughout their lives, and six per cent did not have a partner at the time of the interview. Slightly more than half had intercourse once a month or more. Two thirds masturbated. One tenth had problems with the erection. Two thirds were satisfied with their sexual life.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study reveals a large variation in the sexual life of elderly Danish men.
authors.affiliation: Center for Sygdomsforebyggelse, Københavns Amt. Falgaard@dadlnet.dk
authors.forename: Lene Falgaard
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Eplov
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Weigner
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Solstad
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003718:Denmark; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000175:diagnosis; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D019529:Sexuality / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires