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90% of people born with hearing impairment are born into hearing families.06
90%
43% of people aged 55 and over have one or more disabilities.04
43%
Hearing loss affects three in every four people aged over 70 years.11
45% of Australians aged 16–85 years experience a mental health condition during their lifetime.09
45%
8.6% of Australian females and 18% of Australian males live with disability.03
8.6% 18%
01 https://www.who.int/disabilities/world_report/2011/report/en/
02 http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Latestproducts/4430.0Main%20
Features12015?opendocument&tabname=Summary&prodno=4430.0&issue=2015&num=&view=
03 https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/4430.0main+features202015
04 https://www.afdo.org.au/resource-disability-statistics-and-facts/
05 http://linkis.com/www.abs.gov.au/ausst/Il7gj
06 https://www.and.org.au/pages/disability-statistics.html
07 https://www.and.org.au/pages/disability-statistics.html
08 https://www.beyondblue.org.au/the-facts.
09 http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Lookup/4326.0Main+Features32007?OpenDocument
10 https://www.visionaustralia.org/information/newly-diagnosed/blindness-and-vision-loss
11 https://hearnet.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ListenHearFinal.pdf
Some 639,300 people with disability use mobility aids (14.9% of those with disability).07
639,300
One in six Australians are affected by hearing loss. This is projected to increase to one in every four Australians by 2050.11
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