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Table 2 Prevalence of hearing problems in relation to long-term illness, inconvenience after an accident, any handicap or other weakness.

From: Stress and prevalence of hearing problems in the Swedish working population

Long-term illness, inconvenience after an accident, any handicap or other weakness

Prevalence of hearing problems

Relationship between long-term illness and hearing problems;

Kendall's tau-b and p-value

 

No problems

N (row %)

Either tinnitus or hearing loss N (row %)

Both tinnitus and hearing loss

N (row %)

 

Long-term handicaps

0.120 p < 0.0001

Yes

1,268 (60)

640 (30)

239 (11)

 

No

5,174 (72)

1,743 (24)

323 (5)