Figure 1
Distribution of audiometrically measured high-frequency hearing loss and prevalence of unperceived hearing loss by selected characteristics of audiometrically measured hearing loss, household population aged 40 to 79, Canada excluding territories, 2012 to 2015

Figure 1 Distribution of audiometrically measured high-frequency hearing loss and prevalence of unperceived hearing loss§ by selected characteristics of audiometrically measured hearing loss, household population aged 40 to 79, Canada excluding territories, 2012 to 2015

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Figure 1
Prevalence of audiometrically measured hearing lossFigure 1 Note 1 and self-reported hearing impairmentFigure 1 Note 2 by sex and age group, household population aged 40 to 79, Canada excluding territories, 2012 to 2015
Table summary
This table displays the results of Prevalence of audiometrically measured hearing loss and self-reported hearing impairment by sex and age group. The information is grouped by Characteristics (appearing as row headers), Audiometrically measured high-frequency hearing loss, Self-reported hearing impairment (HUI3), n, N, CV, %, CV , SE and 95% confidence interval (appearing as column headers).
Characteristics Audiometrically measured high-frequency hearing loss Self-reported hearing impairment (HUI3)
n N CV % CV SE 95% confidence interval n N CV % CV SE 95% confidence interval
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Total 2,201 8,193 0 54.0 0 1.1 51.7 56.3 286 971 0 6.4 0 0.7 5.1 8.1
Sex
Men 1,271 4,695 0 62.6Note * 0 1.8 58.8 66.3 160 604 0 8.1Note * 0 1.1 6.1 10.7
Women 930 3,498 0 45.6 0 2.1 41.3 49.9 126 367 0 4.8 0 0.6 3.7 6.2
Age group (years)
40 to 59 636 3,596 0 37.8 0 1.7 34.5 41.3 73 336 E 3.6 E 0.7 2.3 5.5
60 to 69 958 2,891 0 75.3Note ** 0 1.5 72.1 78.3 101 283 0 7.4Note ** 0 1.0 5.5 9.8
70 to 79 607 1,706 0 93.1Note ** 0 1.5 89.3 95.6 112 352 0 19.2Note ** 0 2.5 14.5 25.0

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Note *

significantly different from women (p < 0.05)

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Note **

significantly different from preceding age group (p < 0.05)

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Note 1

High-frequency hearing loss = unilateral or bilateral, pure-tone average greater than 25 dB over high frequencies (3, 4, 6 and 8 kHz).

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Note 2

Health Utilities Index Mark 3, categories 2 to 6.

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Source: 2012 to 2013 and 2014 to 2015 Canadian Health Measures Surveys combined.

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