Table 1 Number of newborns receiving hearing screening (n) and the corresponding universal newborn hearing screening coverage by region and province of China in 2008 and 2016
Area | 2008 a | 2016 b | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
n | Coverage c (%) | n | Coverage c (%) | |
National | 4,200,725 | 29.9 | 15,264,841 | 86.5 |
Regional | ||||
Eastern | 3,363,861 | 66.0 | 6,193,095 | 93.1 |
Central | 584,198 | 11.2 | 5,301,210 | 84.9 |
Western | 252,666 | 6.8 | 3,770,536 | 79.4 |
Provincial | ||||
Beijing | 151,835 | 88.5 | 244,731 | 95.9 |
Tianjin | 69,926 | 64.4 | 132,654 | 99.4 |
Liaoning | 211,699 | 65.1 | 333,811 | 94.4 |
Shanghai | 174,435 | 100.0 | 207,659 | 98.2 |
Jiangsu | 655,967 | 83.1 | 939,898 | 98.2 |
Zhejiang | 515,557 | 85.0 | 711,994 | 97.0 |
Fujian | 242,036 | 60.0 | 554,845 | 92.4 |
Shandong | 908,824 | 94.6 | 1,570,953 | 97.3 |
Guangdong | 433,582 | 27.9 | 1,496,550 | 83.5 |
Hebei | 132,157 | 15.7 | 923,921 | 91.4 |
Shanxi | 14,860 | 4.9 | 291,067 | 69.2 |
Jilin | 12,029 | 5.7 | 183,103 | 94.1 |
Heilongjiang | 57,676 | 22.8 | 197,917 | 95.5 |
Anhui | 68,943 | 11.0 | 672,544 | 86.9 |
Jiangxi | 28,822 | 5.2 | 494,026 | 80.0 |
Henan | 57,606 | 4.9 | 1,106,339 | 80.0 |
Hubei | 131,553 | 25.8 | 478,441 | 73.0 |
Hunan | 79,336 | 12.2 | 830,235 | 98.2 |
Hainan | 1216 | 1.1 | 123,617 | 91.5 |
Inner Mongolia | 18,632 | 9.4 | 169,299 | 73.1 |
Guangxi | 46,361 | 6.3 | 783,560 | 93.4 |
Chongqing | 36,182 | 14.5 | 223,785 | 70.5 |
Sichuan | 68,266 | 9.1 | 578,015 | 69.6 |
Guizhou | 1790 | 0.5 | 227,496 | 46.1 |
Yunnan | 8803 | 2.1 | 555,658 | 92.0 |
Shaanxi | 35,801 | 13.1 | 458,343 | 89.1 |
Gansu | 14,262 | 5.5 | 290,104 | 94.3 |
Qinghai | 2122 | 2.7 | 42,144 | 68.3 |
Ningxia | 4048 | 5.7 | 93,282 | 95.8 |
Xinjiang | 16,399 | 5.6 | 346,871 | 86.5 |
Tibet | 0 | – | 1979 | 3.9 |