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. 2024 Dec 2;16(12):e74990. doi: 10.7759/cureus.74990

Table 1. Demographics.

HoH: hard-of-hearing

Variable   Overall (n=500) Deaf (n=130) HoH (n=370)
Age        
  <40 YO 92.00% (n=460) 93.85% (n=122) 91.35% (n=338)
  ≥41 YO 8.00% (n=40) 6.15% (n=8) 8.65% % (n=32)
Gender        
  Female 33.80% (n=169) 25.38% (n=33) 36.76% (n=136)
  Male 64.40% (n=322) 67.69% (n=88) 63.24% (n=234)
  Other, unspecified 1.80% (n=9) 6.92% (n=9) 0.00% (n=0)
Education        
  Some high school 4.40% (n=22) 9.23% (n=12) 2.70% (n=10)
  Finished high school 5.00% (n=25) 4.62% (n=6) 5.14% (n=19)
  Some college 13.00% (n=65) 9.23% (n=12) 14.32% (n=53)
  Finished college 34.60% (n=173) 42.31% (n=55) 31.89% (n=118)
  Master’s degree 30.60% (n=153) 33.08% (n=43) 29.73% (n=110)
  Doctorate degree 11.60% (n=58) 1.54% (n=2) 15.14% (n=56)
  None of the above 0.80% (n=4) 0.00% (n=0) 1.08% (n=4)
Race        
  American Indian or Alaska Native 5.80% (n=29) 8.46% (n=11) 4.86% (18)
  Asian 1.40% (n=7) 0.77% (n=1) 1.62% (n=6)
  Black or African American 2.80% (n=14) 4.62% (n=6) 2.16% (n=8)
  Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0.60% (n=3) 1.54% (n=2) 0.27% (n=1)
  White 85.00% (n=425) 76.92% (n=100) 87.84% (n=325)
  Multiracial      
            American Indian or Alaskan Native, White 2.40% (n=12) 7.69% (n=10) 0.54% (n=2)
            Asian, White 2.00% (n=10) 0.00% (n=0) 2.70% (n=10)
Ethnicity        
  Hispanic or Latino 24.00% (n=120) 23.85% (n=31) 24.05% (2=89)
  Non-Hispanic or Non-Latino 76.00% (n=380) 76.15% (n=99) 75.95% (n=281)
Region        
  Midwest 24.64% (n=102) 23.15% (n=25) 25.16% (n=77)
  Northeast 13.04% (n=54) 7.41% (n=8) 15.03% (n=46)
  Southeast 11.59% (n=48) 7.41% (n=8) 13.07% (n=40)
  Southwest 35.51% (n=147) 44.44% (n=48) 32.35% (n=99)
  West 15.22% (n=63) 17.59% (n=19) 14.38% (n=44)
  Missing 17.20% (n=86) 16.92% (n=22) 17.29% (n=64)