General characteristics of the study participants
Characteristics | Number of subjects (11,037 subjects) |
n | % (95% CI) |
Gender |
Women | 6,294 | 51.8 (51.2-52.9) |
Men | 4,743 | 48.2 (47.1-48.8) |
Age |
40≤, <50 | 2,983 | 37.9 (36.3-39.6) |
50≤,<60 | 3,097 | 30.5 (29.2-31.9) |
60≤,<70 | 2,623 | 17.1 (16.3-18.0) |
70≤ | 2,334 | 14.4 (13.6-15.3) |
Complaint of hearing loss |
(+) | 1,983 | 15 (14.2-16.0) |
(−) | 9,050 | 85 (84-85.8) |
Referred subjects (at least one ear) |
(+) | 1,426 | 11.2 (10.4-12.0) |
(−) | 8,821 | 88.8 (88.0-89.6) |
Tinnitus |
(+) | 2,609 | 22.2 (21.1-23.3) |
(−) | 8,395 | 77.8 (76.7-78.9) |
Noise exposure history |
(+) | 3,257 | 33.1 (31.1-35.0) |
(−) | 7,794 | 66.9 (65.0-68.9) |
| Number of tested ears (22,074 subjects) |
Screening pass/ refer |
Refer | 1,998 | 7.7 (7.3-8.2) |
Pass | 18,496 | 92.3 (91.8-92.7) |
Degree of hearing loss (dB HL) |
≤25 | 13,595 | 71.7 (70.9-72.5) |
25≤, <40 | 4,332 | 18.3 (17.6-18.9) |
40≤, <60 | 1,862 | 7.3 (6.9-7.8) |
60≤, <80 | 443 | 1.6 (1.4-1.8) |
80≤ | 261 | 1.1 (0.9-1.3) |
% weighted percentage