Deafness and mortality: analyses of linked data from the National Health Interview Survey and National Death Index.

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• Alternative Title:
  Public Health Rep
• Personal Author:
  Barnett, S ; Franks, P
• Description:
  To examine the association between age at onset of deafness and mortality.|The authors analyzed National Health Interview Survey data from 1990 and 1991--the years the Hearing Supplement was administered--linked with National Death Index data for 1990-1995. Adjusting for sociodemographic variables and health status, the authors compared the mortality of three groups of adults ages > or = 19 years: those with prelingual onset of deafness (< or = age 3 years), those with postlingual onset of deafness (> age 3 years), and a representative sample of the general population.|Multivariate analyses adjusted for sociodemographics and stratified by age found that adults with postlingual onset of deafness were more likely to die in the given time frames than non-deaf adults. However, when analyses were also adjusted for health status, there was no difference between adults with postlingual onset of deafness and a control group of non-deaf adults. No differences in mortality were found between adults with prelingual onset of deafness and non-deaf adults.|Adults with postlingual onset of deafness appear to have higher mortality than non-deaf adults, which may be attributable to their lower self-reported health status.
• Subjects:
  Adult Age Of Onset Child, Preschool Deafness Female Health Status Humans Interviews As Topic Male Medical Record Linkage Multivariate Analysis Research Article Statistics As Topic

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• Source:
  Public Health Rep. 114(4):330-336
• Pubmed ID:
  10501133
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMCnull
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  R03 HS09539/HS/AHRQ HHS/United States
• Volume:
  114
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  Public Health Reports
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0ef2fce522a4cca6d771c83dc5667592386b6c719f8c3b7e559f0cb24174178a
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/64791/cdc_64791_DS1.pdf
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