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| 2 | level of hearing difficulty, hearing status and prevalence of any hearing difficulty by age group, by sex, household population aged 45 or older, canada excluding territories, 2008/2009 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 |  | both sexes |  |  |  | men |  |  |  | women |  |  |  |
| 4 |  | number '000 | % | 95% confidence interval |  | number '000 | % | 95% confidence interval |  | number '000 | % | 95% confidence interval |  |
| 5 |  |  |  | from | to |  |  | from | to |  |  | from | to |
| 6 | level of hearing difficulty |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 7 | none | 12,347 | 93.5 | 93.0 | 93.9 | 5,804 | 92.1 | 91.4 | 92.8 | 6,543 | 94.7 | 94.2 | 95.1 |
| 8 | any hearing difficulty | 864 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 7.0 | 497 | 7.9 | 7.2 | 8.6 | 367 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 5.8 |
| 9 | mild | 431 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 256 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 175 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.9 |
| 10 | moderate or severe | 433 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 241 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 192 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 3.1 |
| 11 | hearing status |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 12 | corrected | 592 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 339 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 5.9 | 254 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.1 |
| 13 | uncorrected | 265 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 156 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 109 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.9 |
| 14 | age group |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 15 | 45 to 59 | 192 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 112 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 80 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 2.9 |
| 16 | 60 to 74 | 291 | 6.9 | 6.3 | 7.6 | 196 | 9.8 | 8.7 | 10.9 | 95 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 5.1 |
| 17 | 75 or older | 382 | 20.8 | 19.4 | 22.2 | 189 | 24.6 | 22.3 | 27.0 | 193 | 18.0 | 16.5 | 19.6 |

Question: hearing impairment was more common at older ages, what was the percent among those aged 75 or older?
Answer: 20.8

Question: which gender were generally more likely to have a hearing impairment, men or women?
Answer: men