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Table 1 Prevalence of noise disturbance

From: Home environment and noise disturbance in a national sample of multi-family buildings in Sweden-associations with medical symptoms

Noise disturbance

%

%

%

%

%

Sound or noise condition in general at home

Very good

Good

Acceptable

Bad

Very bad

 

20.7

39.3

28.2

8.2

3.7

Noise from inside of the building, from

Not at all

Slightly

Moderately

Very

Extremely

 Lines and pipes

59.6

31.6

5.6

2.2

1.0

 Ventilation/fans inside

64.7

27.8

4.6

1.9

1.1

 Voice, radio, TV, music or similar sounds from neighbors

49.5

37.3

7.4

3.1

2.7

 Scraping sound, footsteps, thumping or similar sounds from neighbors

43.5

40.0

9.6

4.1

2.9

 Amusement centre in the property

91.7

6.2

1.0

0.6

0.5

 Stairwell, elevators

58.2

31.3

6.6

2.4

1.4

Noise from outside of the building, from

Not at all

Slightly

Moderately

Very

Extremely

 Ventilation/fans/warm pumps

79.5

16.1

2.7

1.1

0.8

 Road traffic

52.4

31.5

9.3

3.8

3.1

 Train traffic

86.4

10.4

1.9

0.6

0.6

 Flight traffic

83.8

12.9

2.1

0.6

0.6