Table 2.

Prevalence of Hearing Impairment by Hispanic/Latino Background (weighted for sampling design)

		Central American		Cuban		Dominican		Mexican		Puerto Rican		South American		Other/Mixed		All
Hearing Impairment (Worse ear)
		%	SE	%	SE	%	SE	%	SE	%	SE	%	SE	%	SE	%	SE
Gender	Age (yrs)
Males	18–44	5.05	1.16	6.46	1.22	6.32	1.99	4.33	0.74	7.14	1.34	2.68	1.15	3.25	1.48	5.20	0.49
	45+	37.65	3.72	39.71	2.32	29.35	3.58	33.39	2.14	41.20	3.50	33.44	4.13	34.42	6.99	36.76	1.25
Females	18–44	3.63	0.91	4.73	1.00	7.12	2.96	4.13	0.78	8.14	1.62	2.72	1.03	3.15	1.42	4.89	0.59
	45+	22.05	2.29	26.59	1.99	23.62	2.54	17.89	1.41	31.36	2.76	23.49	3.42	32.11	12.17	23.97	1.06
All		12.88	1.02	20.65	1.08	14.11	1.47	10.94	0.64	21.25	1.32	13.81	1.58	10.06	2.28	15.06	0.44
Bilateral Hearing Impairment
		%	SE	%	SE	%	SE	%	SE	%	SE	%	SE	%	SE	%	SE
Males	18–44	3.10	1.04	2.45	0.79	0.55	0.40	1.33	0.40	3.19	0.94	0.16	0.16	0.25	0.25	1.77	0.29
	45+	24.99	3.27	25.68	2.05	15.8	2.91	21.76	1.78	26.77	3.61	14.78	3.26	20.47	5.72	23.22	1.17
Females	18–44	2.17	0.71	0.62	0.35	1.37	0.66	1.71	0.61	4.60	1.35	0.28	0.28	0.79	0.57	1.78	0.34
	45+	9.00	1.55	15.40	1.67	14.22	2.51	10.29	1.11	16.60	2.03	14.28	2.73	8.97	3.40	13.18	0.74
All		7.16	0.77	11.94	0.90	6.23	0.75	6.06	0.46	12.25	1.15	6.64	1.04	3.67	0.82	8.24	0.33