Table 2
Prevalence of unperceived hearing loss by severity of audiometrically measured high-frequency hearing loss and selected characteristics, household population aged 40 to 79, Canada excluding territories, 2012 to 2015

Table 2
Prevalence of unperceived hearing loss by severity of audiometrically measured high-frequency hearing loss and selected characteristics, household population aged 40 to 79, Canada excluding territories, 2012 to 2015
Table summary
This table displays the results of Prevalence of unperceived hearing loss by severity of audiometrically measured high-frequency hearing loss and selected characteristics. The information is grouped by Characteristics (appearing as row headers), Total, Severity of audiometrically measured high-frequency hearing loss, Mild , Moderate to severe, Pure-tone average > 25 dB, Pure-tone average > 25 dB and ≤ 40 dB, Pure-tone average > 40 dB, % and 95% confidence interval (appearing as column headers).
Characteristics	Total			Severity of audiometrically measured high-frequency hearing loss
	Total
	Pure-tone average > 25 dB			Pure-tone average > 25 dB and ≤ 40 dB			Pure-tone average > 40 dB
	percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval
	percent	from	to	percent	from	to	percent	from	to
Total	77.1	73.8	80.1	92.8	88.9	95.4	64.6	59.0	69.8
Sociodemographic characteristics
Sex
Men	76.1	72.0	79.8	94.3	89.1	97.1	66.2	59.8	72.0
Women^{Table 2 Note †}	78.4	73.8	82.4	91.6	85.0	95.4	61.5	53.9	68.5
Age group (years)
40 to 59	80.5	74.3	85.5	91.1	83.3	95.5	66.6	54.7	76.8
60 to 79^{Table 2 Note †}	74.4	70.4	78.1	95.0	92.6	96.6	63.5	58.6	68.2
Marital status
Married or common law	76.7	73.0	80.1	92.2	86.5	95.6	63.6	57.5	69.3
Separated, widowed, divorced or single^{Table 2 Note †}	77.9	71.4	83.3	94.4	88.5	97.4	66.5	55.6	76.0
Lives alone
Yes	76.2	68.3	82.6	95.0	89.7	97.6	63.8	51.8	74.3
No^{Table 2 Note †}	77.4	73.8	80.6	92.2	87.3	95.4	64.9	58.9	70.4
Health
Self-reported general health
Excellent, very good or good	78.4^Note *	74.7	81.7	93.1	88.5	96.0	66.4^Note *	60.3	71.9
Fair or poor^{Table 2 Note †}	69.7	64.2	74.7	90.8	83.8	94.9	55.9	47.5	63.9
Ever experienced tinnitus
Yes	69.1^Note *	64.1	73.7	88.6	78.7	94.2	56.1^Note *	50.1	61.9
No^{Table 2 Note †}	83.5	79.0	87.2	95.6	92.6	97.5	72.4	64.2	79.2
Regular family doctor
Yes	76.6	73.0	79.8	92.4	88.1	95.2	64.2	58.1	69.8
No^{Table 2 Note †}	81.9	73.8	88.0	97.2	90.1	99.3	68.9	56.7	78.9
Work
Ever worked in a noisy environment
Yes^{Table 2 Note †}	72.6	67.6	77.0	94.4	88.1	97.5	59.4	52.8	65.7
No	80.4^Note *	76.5	83.7	91.9	86.2	95.4	69.2^Note *	62.2	75.4
Hearing protection required^{Table 2 Note ‡}
Yes	78.0	69.0	85.0	94.7	85.2	98.3	69.6^Note *	58.9	78.5
No^{Table 2 Note †}	70.0	63.7	75.7	94.2	85.6	97.8	54.4	46.3	62.2
Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note ‡ Among those who had worked in a noisy environment. Return to note ‡ referrer Source: 2012 to 2013 and 2014 to 2015 Canadian Health Measures Surveys, combined.

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

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