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Table 1 Background data of the total sample (age range 20–49 years), the HUNT study (1996–1998), Norway

From: Hearing loss, sick leave, and disability pension: findings from the HUNT follow-up study

 

Total

Normal

Any

Mild

Disabling

Any hearing loss

sample

hearing

hearing loss

hearing loss

hearing loss

 + tinnitus

(N = 21 754)

(N = 21 231)

(N = 523)

(N = 433)

(N = 90)

(N = 182)

Mean age at baseline—mean, (SD)

36.6 (8.2)

36.5 (8.2)

41.6 (7.0)

41.9 (6.9)

40.1 (7.3)

41.0 (7.2)

Men N, (%)

10 554 (48.5)

10 225 (48.2)

329 (62.9)

278 (64.2)

51 (56.7)

127 (69.8)

Women N, (%)

11 200 (51.5)

11 006 (51.8)

194 (37.1)

155 (35.8)

39 (43.3)

55 (30.2)

Younger adults (< 35 yr at baseline) N, (%)

9402 (43.2)

9391 (43.8)

101 (19.3)

77 (17.8)

24 (26.7)

38 (20.9)

Older adults (> 35 year at baseline) N, (%)

12 352 (56.8)

11 930 (56.2)

422 (80.7)

356 (82.2)

66 (73.3)

144 (79.1)

High education N, (%)

13 222 (60.8)

12 885 (60.7)

337 (64.4)

271 (62.6)

66 (73.3)

122 (67.0)

Low education N, (%)

8532 (39.2)

8346 (39.3)

186 (35.6)

162 (37.4)

24 (26.7)

60 (33.0)

White-collar N, (%)

6374 (41.8)

6241 (42.1)

133 (31.3)

113 (31.3)

20 (31.3)

42 (27.6)

Blue-collar N, (%)

8885 (58.2)

8593 (57.9)

292 (68.7)

248 (68.7)

44 (68.7)

110 (72.4)

Mean hearing threshold (dBHL)

3.6

2.9

29.8

25.3

51.3

30.6

Sample proportion with tinnitus (% of 20 784)

9.9

9.3

36.5

36.2

37.8

100

Participants with at least 1 episode of sick leave N, (%)

15 984 (73.5)

15 580 (73.4)

404 (77.2)

338 (78.1)

66 (73.3)

143 (78.6)

Participants that received disability pension N, (%)

2091 (9.6)

1997 (9.4)

94 (18.0)

74 (17.1)

20 (22.2)

38 (20.9)

  1. N = 15,259 for white-/blue-collar
  2. N = 20,784 for tinnitus variable