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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• Alternative Title:
  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
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Madans, Jennifer ; Elgaddal, Nazik ; Weeks, Julie D.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• 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.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Disease Notification Epidemiology Public Health Public Health Surveillance
• Source:
  MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 70(33):1127
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Document Type:
  Charts, Diagrams, Etc.
• Genre:
  QuickStats ; Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• Volume:
  70
• Issue:
  33
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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