Women's Health USA 2006

VERTICAL CHART: Visual and Hearing Impairment* Among Adults Aged 18 and Older, by Sex and Type of Impairment, 1997-2004

VERTICAL CHART: Visual and Hearing Impairment* Among Adults Aged 18 and Older, by Sex and Type of Impairment, 1997-2004

(Percent of Population)

Visual Impairment Only: Female 7.4, Male 4.5

Hearing Impairment Only: Female 10.1, Male 16.5

Concurrent Visual and Hearing Impairment: Female 3.3, Male 3.4

*Visual impairment is defined as having trouble seeing even when wearing corrective lenses and/or being blind or unable to see at all; hearing impairment is defined as having any trouble hearing without a hearing aid.

Source: Caban AJ, Lee DJ, Gomez/Marin O, Lam BL, Zheng DD. Prevalence of concurrent hearing and visual impairment in US adults: The National Health Interview Survey, 1997-2002. AJPH 2005 Nov;95(11):1940-2.
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