Table THORH02

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)
								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	-

Notes:

(a) A small proportion of cases within each diagnostic category are of unknown age: percentages are calculated from those cases for which age was known, and may not sum to 100 per cent due to rounding.
(b) Individuals can have more than one diagnosis.
" - " means zero or number rounds to zero.
(p) Provisional