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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Sep 7.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatrics. 2020 Jun 17;146(1):e20192623. doi: 10.1542/peds.2019-2623

Table 3. Global and Regional Age-Specific Prevalence of and YLD for Hearing Loss in 2017.

  No. (95% UI)
1–4 y 5–9 y 10–14 y 15–19 y <20 y
High-income North America
  Prevalence 258 142 (225 327–295 461) 478 573 (426 090–537 100) 526 205 (471 867–585 743) 733 490 (664 602–818 883) 2 017 260 (1 870 427–2 183 386)
    Cases per 100 000 1502 (1311–1719) 2129 (1895–2389) 2236 (2005–2489) 3113 (2821–3475) 2216 (2054–2398)
  YLD 12 408 (8680–17 110) 22 325 (15 402–30 559) 26 443 (18 237–36 819) 30 600 (21 450–41 400) 93 525 (65 864–126 933)
Rate per 100 000 72 (50–100) 99 (69–136) 112 (77–156) 130 (91–176) 103 (72–139)
Western Europe
  Prevalence 226 464 (198 409–259 596) 454 724 (401 634–515 000) 510 865 (453 338–573 776) 854951 (768 534–958 165) 2 064471 (1 900 504–2 243 406)
    Cases per 100 000 1275 (1 1 17–1462) 1933 (1708–2190) 2198 (1951–2469) 3646 (3277–4086) 2237 (2059–2431)
  YLD 9166 (6304–12 735) 16 542 (1 1 121–23 162) 18 457 (12 695–25 847) 24027 (16478–34 327) 69 441 (48 083–96 832)
Rate per 100 000 52 (35–72) 70 (47–98) 79 (55–111) 102 (70–146) 75 (52–105)
Central Europe, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia
  Prevalence 446 534 (393 229–505 136) 867 575 (761 631–978 052) 853 600 (759 658–961 526) 1 156 592 (1 039 959–1 289 852) 3 355 115 (3 098 21 1–3 626 580)
    Cases per 100 000 1969 (1734–2227) 3155 (2769–3556) 3545 (3155–3993) 5066 (4555–5649) 3276 (3025–3541)
  YLD 19 754 (13 847–27 355) 34 888 (23 943–48 270) 34 657 (23 805–47 919) 38 964 (27 198–53 796) 130 484 (91 327–179 383)
    Rate per 100 000 87 (61–121) 127 (87–176) 144 (99–199) 171 (119–236) 127 (89–175)
Latin America and the Caribbean
  Prevalence 843 578 (744 767–954 872) 1 640 439 (1 443 332–1 839 080) 1 853 695 (1 648 833–2 080 510) 2 670 666 (2 406 587–2 973 854) 7 076 049 (6 546 644–7 652 670)
    Cases per 100 000 2074 (1831–2348) 3317 (2919–3719) 3762 (3347–4223) 5347 (4818–5954) 3546 (3280–3835)
  YLD 36 917 (25 862–51 437) 64 279 (43 830–88 858) 72 599 (50 013–101 588) 87 004 (60 705–120 938) 265 671 (184402–365 704)
    Rate per 100 000 91 (64–126) 130 (89–180) 147 (102–206) 174 (122–242) 133 (92–183)
Southeast Asia, East Asia, and Oceania
  Prevalence 2 937 855 (2 637 971–3 247 557 5 847 100 (5 185 984–6 566 636) 6 652 840 (5 969 283–7 447 327) 9 517 169 (8 599 529–10 544 702) 25 253 888 (23 356 813–27 245 250)
    Cases per 100 000 2643 (2374–2922) 4333 (3844–4867) 4878 (4377–5460) 6837 (6178–7575) 4574 (4231–4935)
  YLD 147 715 (103 706–203 433) 258 411 (179 943–352 506) 295 134 (205 286–407 958) 346 117 (242 624–475054) 1 070 358 (750 476–1 466 477)
    Rate per 100 000 133 (93–183) 192 (133–261) 216 (151–299) 249 (174–341) 194 (136–266)
South Asia
  Prevalence 3 931 287 (3 566 450–4 315 347) 7 908 429 (7 057 869–8 818 810) 8 847 058 (7 976 611–9 814130) 12 033 855 (10927 238–13 319010) 33 081 529 (30 758 299–35 615 041)
    Cases per 100 000 2786 (2528–3058) 4415 (3940–4923) 4975 (4485–5519) 6763 (6141–7485) 4664 (4336–5021)
  YLD 209 056 (146 539–286 880) 359 966 (252 910–485 91 1) 399 390 (275 291–552 742) 457 025 (321 410–630 307) 1 455 912 (1 023 230–1 979 015)
    Rate per 100 000 148 (104–203) 201 (141 –271) 225 (155–311) 257 (181 –354) 205 (144–279)
Sub-Saharan Africa
  Prevalence 3 694 805 (3 352 273–4064 331) 6 576 843 (5 912 292–7 295 890) 6 363 670 (5 763 444–7 037 152) 7182174 (6 591 941–7 868 098) 24 215 356 (22 583 51 1–25 985 485)
    Cases per 100 000 2866 (2600–3152) 4460 (4009–4947) 4877 (4417–5393) 6493 (5959–7113) 4387 (4092–4708)
  YLD 239 641 (167 087–325 126) 355 441 (249 963–475 154) 348 323 (244 318–470 735) 331 536 (234 376–448 129) 1 320 256 (937 865–1 765 546)
Rate per 100 000 186 (130–252) 241 (170–322) 267 (187–361) 300 (212–405) 239 (170–320)
North Africa and the Middle East
  Prevalence 751 019 (652 720–873 241) 1 405 634 (1 230 855–1 586 991) 1 443 894 (1 271 286–1 632 521) 1 941 910 (1 732 125–2 175 269) 5 591 434 (5 144 265–6 077 669)
    Cases per 100 000 455 (1265–1692) 2275 (1992–2569) 2552 (2247–2885) 3699 (3299–4143) 2377 (2187–2584)
  YLD 30 533 (20 961–42 481) 54000 (36 989–74 896) 56 630 (38 685–79 072) 63 515 (43 877–88 736) 207 788 (144685–286 606)
    Rate per 100 000 59 (41–82) 87 (60–121) 100 (68–140) 121 (84–169) 88 (62–122)
Global
  Prevalence 13 244 864 (11 950 478–14 667 046) 25 468 776 (22 734486–28 377 208) 27 358 599 (24 627 508–30 360 794) 36 577 235(33 265 797–40 257 224) 103 904 538 (96 545 635–11 1 630 666)
    Cases per 100 000 2440 (2202–2703) 3852 (3438–4292) 4300 (3871–4772) 5933 (5396–6530) 4005 (3721–4302)
  YLD 711 795 (499 549–978 438) 1 177 588 (826 177–1 586 023) 1 264 660 (880 741–1 742 484) 1 395 869 (982 697–1 908 896) 4 662 724 (3 290 463–6 304 785)
Rate per 100 000 131 (92–180) 178 (125–240) 199 (138–274) 226 (159–310) 180 (127–243)