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American Journal of Public Health, 10.2105/AJPH.2004.056671

Research and Practice

Prevalence of Concurrent Hearing and Visual Impairment in US Adults: The National Health Interview Survey, 1997-2002

Alberto J. Caban Jr 1*, David J. Lee 1, Orlando Gómez-Marín 2, Byron L. Lam 3, Diane D. Zheng 1

1 University of Miami School of Medicine
2 U of Miami School of Medicine
3 University of Miami Bascom Palmer Eye Institute

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: acaban{at}med.miami.edu.


  Abstract

Analysis of data from a nationally representative sample of US adults (n=195,801) showed that concurrent hearing and visual impairment (HI+VI) prevalence rates were highest for participants over 79 years of age (16.6%); a three-fold increase in age-adjusted rates of reported HI+VI was observed for Native Americans compared to Asian-Americans. Research on preventing concurrent hearing and visual impairment and countering its consequences is warranted, especially in population sub-groups such as Native and older Americans.

Key Words: Chronic Disease, Epidemiology, Race/Ethnicity, Surveillance, Surveys




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