Table 2.
Prevalence of reaction to tinnitus across the experimental variables.
| Experimental variables | Reaction to tinnitus | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No tinnitus | Not at all | Slightly | Moderately | Severely | |
| Sex (females > males)* | |||||
| Male | 41,761 (31.6%) | 7059 (5.3%) | 9188 (7%) | 2992 (2.3%) | 542 (0.4%) |
| Female | 52,152 (39.5%) | 5303 (4%) | 9212 (7%) | 3286 (2.5%) | 669 (0.5%) |
| Ethnicity | |||||
| British White | 90,696 (68.6%) | 12,022 (9.1%) | 17,842 (13.5%) | 6035 (4.6%) | 1169 (0.9%) |
| Irish White | 3217 (2.4%) | 340 (0.3%) | 558 (0.4%) | 243 (0.2%) | 42 (0%) |
| Loud music exposure | |||||
| None | 83,616 (64.1%) | 9970 (7.6%) | 15,092 (11.6%) | 5047 (3.9%) | 975 (0.7%) |
| Yes, less than 1 year | 2388 (1.8%) | 561 (0.4%) | 747 (0.6%) | 268 (0.2%) | 45 (0%) |
| Yes, 1–5 years | 3787 (2.9%) | 752 (0.6%) | 1138 (0.9%) | 412 (0.3%) | 65 (0%) |
| Yes, more than 5 years | 3154 (2.4%) | 883 (0.7%) | 1103 (0.8%) | 431 (0.3%) | 103 (0.1%) |
| Work-related noise exposure | |||||
| None | 75,372 (57.5%) | 8095 (6.2%) | 12,367 (9.4%) | 3912 (3%) | 710 (0.5%) |
| Yes, less than 1 year | 4683 (3.6%) | 901 (0.7%) | 1200 (0.9%) | 350 (0.3%) | 61 (0%) |
| Yes, 1–5 years | 4430 (3.4%) | 978 (0.7%) | 1411 (1.1%) | 533 (0.4%) | 118 (0.1%) |
| Yes, more than 5 years | 8792 (6.7%) | 2283 (1.7%) | 3238 (2.5%) | 1411 (1.1%) | 305 (0.2%) |
| Age (years) (40 > 70 year)** | |||||
| 40–49 | 20,228 (15.3%) | 2672 (2%) | 2929 (2.2%) | 951 (0.7%) | 183 (0.1%) |
| 50–59 | 30,209 (22.9%) | 3604 (2.7%) | 5778 (4.4%) | 1876 (1.4%) | 434 (0.3%) |
| 60–69 | 43,043 (32.6%) | 6001 (4.5%) | 9577 (7.2%) | 3409 (2.6%) | 584 (0.4%) |
| > 70 | 433 (0.3%) | 85 (0.1%) | 116 (0.1%) | 42 (0%) | 10 (0.1%) |
**Chi square p < 10–88, *Chi square p < 10–10.