Table 2.
Prevalence of Sensory Loss among N=2,579 Study Participants with Complete Vision and Audiometric Data in Round 11 of the NHATS by Selected Characteristics
| No Sensory Loss % (95% CI) |
Vision or Hearing Loss % (95% CI) |
Dual Sensory Loss % (95% CI) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | |||
| Male | 23.7 (19.2,28.3) | 53.9 (49.5,58.3) | 22.4 (19,25.7) |
| Female | 31.3 (27.4,35.3) | 46.6 (43.7,49.4) | 22.1 (18.8,25.4) |
| Race a\ | |||
| White | 28.1 (24.5,31.6) | 50.8 (48,53.7) | 21.1 (18.7,23.5) |
| Black | 27.2 (21.1,33.2) | 47.3 (40.9,53.6) | 25.6 (20.8,30.4) |
| Hispanic | 24.1 (14.3,33.8) | 45.1 (33.1,57) | 30.9 (19.4,42.4) |
| Other | 25.5 (7.5,43.5) | 51.8 (37.1,66.6) | 22.7 (6.9,38.4) |
| Education b\ | |||
| At most HS | 18.0 (14.2,21.8) | 52.6 (48.4,56.8) | 29.4 (25.7,33.1) |
| Some college | 30.0 (25.1,35) | 53.4 (48.3,58.5) | 16.6 (13.5,19.7) |
| College or more | 34.7 (29.6,39.7) | 45.4 (40.7,50) | 19.9 (16,23.9) |
| Income to Poverty Ratio | |||
| < 100% | 11.4 (5.5,17.2) | 51.3 (44.7,57.9) | 37.30(30,44.7) |
| 100%-200% | 22.3 (16.6,28.1) | 47.7 (41.5,53.9) | 30.0 (24.2,35.8) |
| >200% | 32.1 (28.7,35.6) | 50.5 (47.2,53.7) | 17.4 (14.8,20) |
Abbreviation: HS, high school
a\
A total of N=28 participants had missing information about race and ethnicity.
b\
A total of N=25 participants had missing information about education.
c\
Values estimated with less than 10 observations per cell.