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Table 2 Age at first sexual intercourse by sex and survey year.

From: A comparison of sexual behaviour and attitudes of healthy adolescents in a Danish high school in 1982, 1996, and 2001

   1982   1996   2001   
  Age at first sexual intercourse N (%) 95% CI N (%) 95% CI N (%) 95% CI Trend*
Boys: 11 0 (0)   0 (0)   1 (1) (0–3)  
  12 0 (0)   0 (0)   0 (0)   
  13 3 (3) (0–6) 4 (4) (0–8) 4 (5) (0–8)  
  14 8 (7) (3–13) 6 (6) (2–10) 11 (14) (6–16)  
  15 17 (14) (12–22) 25 (27) (20–30) 15 (20) (10–20)  
  All ages < 16 28 (24)   35 (37)   31 (40)   χ2 = 7.5 p = 0.023
Girls: 12 0 (0)   1 (1) (0–3) 2 (1) (0–5)  
  13 15 (5) (8–22) 8 (3) (3–13) 8 (4) (3–13)  
  14 35 (13) (25–45) 20 (8) (13–27) 23 (12) (15–31)  
  15 66 (24) (56–76) 42 (17) (34–50) 48 (25) (39–57)  
  All ages < 16 116 (42)   71 (29)   81 (42)   χ22 = 11.8 p = 0.003
  1. * χ2 tested for trend