Prevalence of tinnitus in a sample of 43,064 children in Warsaw, Poland

Figures & data

Table 1. Prevalence (%) of tinnitus in children as reported by their parents.

	All	Boys	Girls	Normal hearing	Hearing loss	Unilateral hearing loss	Bilateral hearing loss	Mild hearing loss	Moderate or severe hearing loss
Never	86.2 [85.9–86.6]	86.6 [86.1–87.0]	85.9 [85.5–86.4]	86.4 [86.2–86.8]	74.8 [72.0–77.6]	76.2 [73.1–79.4]	70.6 [64.8–76.3]	75.6 [72.7–78.6]	68.9 [60.6–77.2]
Rarely	12.4 [12.0–12.7]	12.1 [11.7–12.6]	12.6 [12.1–13.0]	12.2 [11.8–12.5]	21.1 [18.5–23.8]	20.0 [17.0–23.0]	24.5 [19.1–29.9]	20.2 [17.4–22.9]	27.7 [19.7–35.8]
Often	1.1 [1.0–1.2]	1.0 [0.9–1.2]	1.2 [1.1–1.4]	1.1 [1.0–1.2]	3.0 [1.9–4.1]	2.6 [1.4–3.8]	4.1 [1.6–6.7]	3.0 [1.8–4.1]	3.4 [0.1–6.6]
Very often	0.3 [0.2–0.3]	0.3 [0.2–0.3]	0.3 [0.2–0.4]	0.3 [0.2–0.3]	1.1 [0.4–1.7]	1.2 [0.4–2.0]	0.8 [0.0–2.0]	1.2 [0.5–2.0]	–
Odds ratio		OR = 0.86 [0.74–1.01]		OR = 3.13 [2.23–4.37]		OR = 1.33 [0.66–2.68]		OR = 1.29 [0.45–3.68]
		Z = 1.80; p = 0.071		Z = 6.66; p < 0.001		Z = 0.80; p = 0.425		Z = 0.47; p = 0.638

Confidence intervals (95%) are given in the brackets.

Table 2. Prevalence (%) of tinnitus as reported by children themselves.

	All	Boys	Girls	Normal hearing	Hearing loss	Unilateral hearing loss	Bilateral hearing loss	Mild hearing loss	Moderate or severe hearing loss
No	69.1 [68.7–69.5]	68.6 [68.0–69.2]	69.6 [69.0–70.2]	69.4 [69.0–69.9]	54.5 [51.3–57.7]	55.6 [52.0–59.4]	51.1 [44.7–57.3]	54.4 [50.9–57.8]	55.5 [46.5–64.4]
Yes, but for a very short time	27.8 [27.4–28.2]	28.4 [27.8–29.0]	27.2 [26.6–27.8]	27.6 [27.2–28.0]	36.5 [33.4–39.6]	36.2 [32.6–39.7]	37.3 [31.2–43.5]	36.1 [32.8–39.5]	38.7 [29.9–47.4]
Yes, periodically and for over five minutes	2.4 [2.2–2.5]	2.3 [2.1–2.5]	2.5 [2.3–2.7]	2.3 [2.1–2.4]	7.2 [5.6–8.9]	7.0 [5.1–8.9]	7.9 [4.5–11.3]	7.5 [5.7–9.4]	5.0 [1.1–9.0]
Yes, all the time	0.7 [0.6–0.8]	0.7 [0.6–0.8]	0.7 [0.6–0.8]	0.7 [0.6–0.8]	1.8 [1.0–2.7]	1.2 [0.4–2.0]	3.7 [1.3–6.1]	2.0 [1.0–2.9]	0.8 [0.0–2.5]
Odds ratio		OR = 0.93 [0.83–1.04]		OR = 3.25 [2.58–4.10]		OR = 1.48 [0.92–2.39]		OR = 1.49 [0.70–3.18]
		Z = 1.34; p = 0.181		Z = 10.00; p < 0.001		Z = 0.80; p = 0.110		Z = 1.05; p = 0.296

Confidence intervals (95%) are given in the brackets.

Table 3. Prevalence (%) of tinnitus in children as reported by their parents (2013–17).

	All	Boys	Girls
2013
Never	88.6 [87.9–89.3]	88.6 [87.6–89.6]	88.7 [87.7–89.6]
Rarely	10.6 [9.9–11.3]	10.6 [9.6–11.5]	10.6 [9.7–11.6]
Often	0.6 [0.4–0.7]	0.6 [0.4–0.9]	0.5 [0.3–0.7]
Very often	0.2 [0.1–0.3]	0.2 [0.0–0.3]	0.2 [0.1–0.4]
2014
Never	86.8 [86.1–87.5]	87.2 [86.3–88.2]	86.4 [85.4–87.4]
Rarely	11.9 [11.2–12.5]	11.5 [10.5–12.4]	12.2 [11.3–13.2]
Often	1.1 [0.9–1.3]	1.1 [0.8–1.4]	1.1 [0.8–1.4]
Very often	0.2 [0.1–0.3]	0.2 [0.0–0.3]	0.3 [0.1–0.5]
2015
Never	84.4 [83.6–85.2]	85.1 [84.0–86.2]	83.8 [82.7–84.9]
Rarely	13.7 [12.9–14.4]	13.1 [12.1–14.2]	14.1 [13.1–15.2]
Often	1.5 [1.3–1.8]	1.5 [1.1–1.9]	1.6 [1.2–2.0]
Very often	0.4 [0.3–0.5]	0.3 [0.1–0.5]	0.5 [0.3–0.7]
2016
Never	85.6 [84.9–86.3]	85.9 [84.8–86.8]	85.3 [84.4–86.3]
Rarely	12.9 [12.2–13.6]	12.8 [11.9–13.8]	13.0 [12.1–13.9]
Often	1.2 [1.0–1.5]	1.0 [0.7–1.3]	1.5 [1.1–1.8]
Very often	0.3 [0.2–0.4]	0.3 [0.2–0.5]	0.2 [.1–0.3]
2017
Never	85.8 [85.1–86.6]	86.1 [85.0–87.2]	85.6 [84.5–86.7]
Rarely	12.7 [11.9–13.4]	12.6 [11.6–13.7]	12.7 [11.6–13.7]
Often	1.2 [0.9–1.4]	0.9 [0.6–1.2]	1.4 [1.1–1.8]
Very often	0.3 [0.2–0.4]	0.4 [0.2–0.5]	0.3 [0.1–0.5]

Confidence intervals (95%) are given in the brackets.

Table 4. Prevalence (%) of tinnitus as reported by children themselves (2013–17).

	All	Boys	Girls
2013
No	63.9 [62.8–64.9]	62.5 [61.1–64.0]	65.2 [63.7–66.6]
Yes, but for a very short time	32.4 [31.4–33.4]	33.7 [32.2–35.1]	31.2 [29.8–32.6]
Yes, periodically and for over five minutes	3.0 [2.6–3.4]	3.0 [2.5–3.6]	3.0 [2.5–3.5]
Yes, all the time	0.7 [0.5–0.9]	0.8 [0.5–1.0]	0.6 [0.4–0.9]
2014
No	64.5 [63.6–65.6]	63.7 [62.3–65.1]	65.4 [64.0–66.8]
Yes, but for a very short time	32.2 [31.2–33.1]	33.1 [31.8–34.5]	31.3 [30.0–32.6]
Yes, periodically and for over five minutes	2.5 [2.2–2.8]	2.5 [2.1–3.0]	2.4 [2.0–2.9]
Yes, all the time	0.8 [0.6–0.9]	0.7 [0.4–0.9]	0.9 [0.6–1.1]
2015
No	67.1 [66.1–68.1]	67.0 [65.6–68.5]	67.2 [65.8–68.5]
Yes, but for a very short time	29.9 [28.9–30.9]	30.2 [28.7–31.6]	29.7 [28.3–31.0]
Yes, periodically and for over five minutes	2.3 [1.9–2.6]	2.0 [1.6–2.5]	2.4 [2.0–2.9]
Yes, all the time	0.7 [0.6–0.9]	0.8 [0.5–1.0]	0.7 [0.5–1.0]
2016
No	75.6 [74.7–76.4]	76.2 [75.0–77.4]	75.0 [73.8–76.2]
Yes, but for a very short time	21.3 [20.5–22.1]	21.0 [19.8–22.2]	21.6 [20.5–22.8]
Yes, periodically and for over five minutes	2.4 [2.1–2.7]	2.0 [1.6–2.4]	2.7 [2.2–3.1]
Yes, all the time	0.7 [0.6–0.9]	0.8 [0.5–1.1]	0.7 [0.4–0.9]
2017
No	74.1 [73.1–75.0]	73.1 [71.8–74.5]	75.0 [73.6–76.4]
Yes, but for a very short time	23.5 [22.6–24.5]	24.6 [23.2–25.9]	22.5 [21.1–23.8]
Yes, periodically and for over five minutes	1.8 [1.5–21.1]	1.6 [1.2–2.0]	2.0 [1.6–2.4]
Yes, all the time	0.6 [0.4–0.8]	0.7 [0.4–0.9]	0.5 [0.3–0.7]

Confidence intervals (95%) are given in the brackets.