Table 5.

Number of persons in Age-groups and the four-step Hearing status groups.

		Hear4
	Age	Normal < −5.5	Insuff1 −5.5–−3.5	Insuff2 −5.5–−3.5	Poor > −3.5	Total
1	< 48	23147	447	434	90	24118
2	48–57	38724	1119	1250	197	41290
3	58–67	55617	3175	4165	835	63792
4	> 67	7113	574	993	218	8898
Total		124601	5315	6842	1340	138098