Table 2

Hearing problems by age and sex: N = 131 422.

	MALES		FEMALES		TOTAL
AGE GROUP (Y)	NO.	% WITH HEARING PROBLEM	NO.	% WITH HEARING PROBLEM	NO.	% WITH HEARING PROBLEM
11–20	9798	1.00	9060	1.22	18 858	1.10
21–30	10 464	1.13	10516	1.68	20 979	1.41
31–40	12 525	1.72	12530	1.45	25 056	1.58
41–50	12 566	2.49	12654	1.97	25 220	2.23
51–60	8874	4.95	8938	3.50	17 812	4.22
61–70	5714	10.87	6218	4.54	11 932	7.57
71–80	3596	20.01	4818	10.70	8414	14.68
81–90	1088	32.00	1798	24.84	2886	27.54
≥ 91	85	58.77	180	45.60	265	49.81
All age groups	64 710	4.52	66712	3.53	131 422	4.02