TABLE 2—

Prevalence of Hearing Testing in the Past 5 Years by Age and Gender: Beaver Dam Offspring Study, 2003–2005

	All		Female		Male
Age, Years	No.	% (95% CI)	No.	% (95% CI)	No.	% (95% CI)
21–34	178	25.3 (18.9, 31.7)	105	16.2 (9.1, 23.2)	73	38.4 (27.2, 49.5)
35–44	891	27.8 (24.9, 30.8)	484	18.2 (14.7, 21.6)	407	39.3 (34.6, 44.1)
45–54	1183	33.7 (31.0, 36.4)	628	23.7 (20.4, 27.1)	555	45.0 (40.9, 49.2)
55–64	668	40.3 (36.6, 44.0)	354	31.6 (26.8, 36.5)	314	50.0 (44.5, 55.5)
65–84	210	51.4 (44.7, 58.2)	108	41.7 (32.4, 51.0)	102	61.8 (52.3, 71.2)
All	3130	34.2 (32.5, 35.8)	1679	24.5 (22.4, 26.5)	1451	45.3 (42.8, 47.9)

Note. CI = confidence interval.