Conference Paper
WHO Ear and Hearing Disorders Survey: Ecuador National Study 2008-2009
Table 7
Prevalence of hearing impairment by age groups.
| | Age | No. of observations | Prevalence | Standard of error | 95% CI |
| | 6 months to 3 yrs 11 months. | 575 | 4.3% | 1.8% | 0.7 a 7.9% | | 4 yrs to 14 yrs 11 months. | 1926 | 1.5% | 0.4% | 0.6 a 2.3% | | 15 years and older | 3179 | 7% | 0.8% | 5.4 to .8.7 | | 15 yrs to 64 yrs | 2836 | 2.6% | 0.6% | 1.5 a 3.7% | | 65 yrs and older | 343 | 40.9% | 5.1% | 30.9 a 50.9% |
| | Total prevalence | 5619 | 5.0% | 0.6% | 3.9% a 6.1% |
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