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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2023 Nov 23;170(3):870–876. doi: 10.1002/ohn.589

Table 2.

Prevalence

Age Group
(years)
Prevalence
of Speech
Perception
Score
≤40%
95% CI Population
with
Speech
Perception
Score ≤40%
95% CI Prevalence
of Speech
Perception
Score ≤60%
95% CI Population
with
Speech
Perception
Score≤60%
95% CI Ratio
Total (>=18) 0.45% [0.43, 0.5] 1,162,473 [1,110,807, 1,291,637] 0.96% [0.74, 1.61] 2,479,942 [1,911,622, 4,159,070] 213%
18-64 0.21% [0.21, 0.22] 425,207 [425,207, 445,455] 0.27% [0.25, 0.37] 546,694 [506,198, 749,174] 129%
65-69 1.1% [1.1, 1.1] 202,338 [202,338, 202,338] 1.45% [1.1, 3.16] 266,718 [202,338, 581,261] 132%
70-74 0.75% [0.75, 0.83] 114,539 [114,539, 126,756] 0.89% [0.83, 1.61] 135,919 [126,756, 245,876] 119%
75-79 0% [0, 0] 0 [0, 0] 3.21% [1.51, 7.59] 317,943 [149,562, 751,772] --
80+ 4.14% [3.72, 5.1] 508,270 [456,707, 626,130] 12.12% [9.19, 18.35] 1,487,980 [1,128,262, 2,252,841] 293%
CMS (>=65) 1.42% [1.33, 1.63] 793,041 [742,778, 910,322] 3.73% [2.71, 6.56] 2,083,129 [1,513,480, 3,663,626] 263%