Prevalence and characteristics of hearing and vision loss in preschool children from low income South African communities: results of a screening program of 10,390 children

Table 4 Prevalence of sensory impairment according to age and gender

		Distribution of participants (n)	% of children with hearing loss (n)	% of children with vision loss (n)	% of children with combined sensory loss (n)
Total		100% (10390)	2.3% (240)	2.2% (232)	0.3% (27)
*Gender*	Female	50.2% (5215)	2.5% (130)	2.1% (107)	0.2% (12)
*Gender*	Male	49.8% (5175)	2.1% (110)	2.4% (125)	0.3% (15)
*Age*	4–5 years	17.4% (1808)	2.5% (45)	3.7% (67)	0.5% (9)
	5.1–6 years	55.0% (5715)	2.4% (137)	2.4% (136)	0.3% (17)
	6.1–7 years	27.6% (2867)	2.0% (58)	1.0% (29)	0.03% (1)

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