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Work-related audiological disease (aged 16 or over): percentage age distribution(a) of estimated cases reported to OSSA by audiologists and to OPRA by occupational physicians, by sex and diagnostic category, 2004-2006
| Sex | Diagnostic category | Percentage age distribution reported to both OSSA and OPRA(p) | Audiologists (OSSA)(p) | Occupational Physicians (OPRA)(p) | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16-24 | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 55-64 | 65+ | 16-24 | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 55-64 | 65+ | 16-24 | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 55-64 | 65+ | ||
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | ||
| Male | Sensorineural hearing loss | - | 7 | 22 | 37 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 18 | 41 | - | 8 | 22 | 39 | 32 | - |
| Tinnitus | - | 2 | 30 | 37 | 13 | 19 | - | 4 | 14 | 25 | 21 | 36 | - | - | 46 | 50 | 4 | - | |
| Balance problem | - | - | - | - | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Tympanic disorder | - | - | - | 92 | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 100 | - | - | - | 100 | - | - | |
| Other problems | 75 | 13 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | 100 | - | - | - | 80 | 13 | 7 | - | - | - | |
| Total male diagnoses | 2 | 7 | 22 | 37 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 19 | 40 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 40 | 30 | - | |
| Total male individuals (b) | 2 | 7 | 22 | 37 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 18 | 42 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 40 | 29 | - | |
| Females | Sensorineural hearing loss | - | 23 | - | 25 | 28 | 25 | - | 29 | - | 2 | 37 | 32 | - | - | - | 100 | - | - |
| Tinnitus | - | - | - | 19 | 6 | 75 | - | - | - | 13 | 7 | 80 | - | - | - | 100 | - | - | |
| Balance problem | - | - | - | 50 | - | 50 | - | - | - | 50 | - | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Tympanic disorder | - | - | 100 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 100 | - | - | - | |
| Other problems | - | - | - | 100 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 100 | - | - | |
| Total female diagnoses | - | 14 | 1 | 36 | 19 | 30 | - | 21 | - | 7 | 28 | 45 | - | - | 4 | 96 | - | - | |
| Total female individuals (b) | - | 17 | 1 | 41 | 21 | 19 | - | 29 | - | 5 | 36 | 31 | - | - | 4 | 96 | - | - | |
| All cases | Sensorineural hearing loss | - | 8 | 21 | 36 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 25 | 38 | - | 7 | 21 | 40 | 31 | - |
| Tinnitus | - | 1 | 23 | 33 | 11 | 31 | - | 2 | 9 | 21 | 16 | 51 | - | - | 44 | 52 | 4 | - | |
| Balance problem | - | - | - | 25 | 25 | 50 | - | - | - | 25 | 25 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Tympanic disorder | - | - | 7 | 86 | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 100 | - | - | 8 | 92 | - | - | |
| Other problems | 40 | 7 | 7 | 47 | - | - | - | - | 100 | - | - | - | 41 | 7 | 3 | 48 | - | - | |
| Total diagnoses | 1 | 8 | 21 | 37 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 24 | 38 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 42 | 28 | - | |
| Total individuals (b) | 1 | 7 | 20 | 37 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 22 | 42 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 42 | 28 | - | |