Global estimates of burden of disease caused by the environment and occupational risks
Occupational noise
Selected population attributable fractions for occupational noise, by sex and level of development (% DALYs), 2000a
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| World | World | World | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | |
| Males | Females | Both sexes | Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | |
| Deafness | 22% | 11% | 16% | 23% | 10% | 24% | 14% | 16% | 8% |
1:High mortality developing; 2: Low mortality developing; 3: Developed; 4: (AFR-D, AFR-E, AMR-D, EMR-D, SEAR-D); 5: (AMR-B, EMR-B, SEAR-B, WPR-B); 6: (AMR-A, EUR-A, EUR-B, EUR-C, WPR-A)
a The combined effects of any group of risk factors in this table will often be less than the sum of their separate effects
Results based on the World Health Report 2002