Table 1
Prevalence of measured four-frequency, low-frequency and high-frequency pure-tone average (PTA) hearing loss, by selected characteristics, household population aged 20 to 79, Canada excluding territories, 2012/2013

Table 1
Prevalence of measured four-frequency, low-frequency and high-frequency pure-tone average (PTA) hearing loss, by selected characteristics, household population aged 20 to 79, Canada excluding territories, 2012/2013
Table summary
This table displays the results of Prevalence of measured four-frequency. The information is grouped by Characteristics (appearing as row headers), Four-frequency PTA hearing loss, Low-frequency PTA hearing loss, High-frequency PTA hearing loss, Number, %, 95% confidence interval and 95% confidence interval , calculated using '000, 100.0 and ... units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Characteristics Four-frequency PTA hearing loss Low-frequency PTA hearing loss High-frequency PTA hearing loss
Number % 95% confidence interval Number % 95% confidence interval Number % 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to
  '000 100.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable '000 100.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable '000 100.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Total 4,555 19.2 16.9 21.7 3,649 15.4Note ‡ 13.5 17.4 8,397 35.4Note ‡ 33.1 37.7
Sex  
MenNote † 2,986 25.3 20.9 30.4 2,158 18.3Note ‡ 15.5 21.5 4,849 41.2Note ‡ 36.5 46.0
Women 1,570 13.1Note ** 11.0 15.6 1,491 12.5Note ** 10.3 15.0 3,548 29.7Note *Note ‡ 24.9 35.0
Age group (years)  
20 to 39 632Note E: Use with caution 7.1Note E: Use with caution 4.2 11.7 689Note E: Use with caution 7.7Note E: Use with caution 5.2 11.4 712Note E: Use with caution 8.0Note E: Use with caution 5.3 11.9
40 to 49 466Note E: Use with caution 10.1Note E: Use with caution 6.6 15.2 458Note E: Use with caution 9.9Note E: Use with caution 6.5 14.8 1,007Note E: Use with caution 21.8Note E: Use with cautionNote **Note ‡ 14.6 31.4
50 to 59 967 19.9Note * 14.1 27.3 592 12.2Note ‡ 9.0 16.2 2,387 49.1Note **Note ‡ 39.9 58.3
60 to 69 1,414 38.3Note ** 34.4 42.3 1,091 29.5Note **Note ‡ 24.9 34.6 2,738 74.1Note **Note ‡ 70.1 77.7
70 to 79 1,076 65.0Note ** 56.4 72.7 820 49.5Note **Note ‡ 41.3 57.7 1,553 93.8Note **Note ‡ 88.1 96.8
Household education  
Less than postsecondary graduation 1,551 30.1Note ** 23.8 37.2 1,218 23.6Note * 17.1 31.7 2,459 47.7Note *Note ‡ 37.2 58.4
Postsecondary graduation or moreNote † 2,919 15.9 13.4 18.9 2,397Note E: Use with caution 13.1 10.9 15.6 5,734 31.3Note ‡ 27.6 35.3
Total household income  
Less than $50,000Note † 2,298 28.1 23.8 32.9 1,800 22.0Note ‡ 18.2 26.3 3,525 43.1Note ‡ 37.3 49.1
$50,000 to less than $100,000 1,316 16.5Note ** 12.5 21.3 990 12.4Note ** 9.3 16.3 2,609 32.6Note *Note ‡ 29.2 36.2
$100,000 or more 941 12.4Note E: Use with cautionNote ** 7.0 21.2 859 11.4Note E: Use with cautionNote * 6.2 19.9 2,264 29.9Note *Note ‡ 23.1 37.8
... not applicable
E use with caution
Note †

reference category

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Note *

significantly different from reference category/preceding age group (p < 0.05)

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Note **

significantly different from reference category/preceding age group (p < 0.01)

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Note ‡

significantly different from four-frequency hearing loss (p < 0.05)

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Four-frequency hearing loss = unilateral or bilateral, pure-tone average > 25dB over frequencies 0.5, 1, 2, and 4kHz
Low-frequency hearing loss = unilateral or bilateral, pure-tone average > 25dB over frequencies 0.5, 1, and 2kHz
High-frequency hearing loss = unilateral or bilateral, pure-tone average > 25dB over frequencies 3, 4, 6 and 8kHz
Source: 2012/2013 Canadian Health Measures Survey.
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