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QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Percentage of Adults Aged ≥65 Years Who Have a Lot of Difficulty Hearing or Cannot Hear at All Even When Using Hearing Aids, by Urbanization Level§ — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2019
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8 20 2021
Source: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 70(33):1127Series: QuickStats
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Alternative Title:MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
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Description:In 2019, 4.2% of U.S. adults aged ≥65 years had a lot of difficulty hearing or could not hear at all even when using hearing aids. Percentages were highest in nonmetropolitan areas (6.7%). The differences between percentages in large central (3.2%), large fringe metropolitan (3.2%), and medium and small metropolitan (4.3%) areas were not statistically significant.
Source: National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey, 2019. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.htm
Reported by: Jennifer Madans, PhD; Nazik Elgaddal, MS; Julie D. Weeks, PhD.
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Pubmed ID:34411076
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC8375711
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