Table 2 Proportions of health service users and odds ratios for hearing loss explaining use of health services

 Men

25/52/22^a

25/54/21^a

17/52/31^a

.020

1.3^c

0.8;2.2

.328

 Women

19/57/24^a

18/58/24^a

17/58/26^a

.695

1.0^c

0.7;1.3

.882

Physician visits, not related to hearing loss (last 12 months), n = 1914

22/55/22^a

21/57/22^a

19/56/24^a

.257

1.0^c

0.7;1.3

.981

Nurse visits (last 12 months), n = 1980

55/26/19^b

55/27/18^b

51/29/20^b

.291

1.2^c

0.9;1.7

.261

Health examination (last 5 years), n = 2006

41

44

40

.382

0.7

0.5;1.1

.201

Mental health service (last 12 months), n = 1907

2.2

2.0

4.4

.059

3.2

1.3;7.9

.034

 Men

10

9.9

15

.172

2.0^d

1.0;3.9

.088

 Women

14

15

12

.298

0.9^d

0.5;1.5

.744

Health promotion group (last 5 years), n = 1677

22

23

16

.009

0.8^c

0.6;1.2

.385

Vision test (last 5 years), n = 1882

64

67

62

.153

0.7^e

0.5;1.0

.085

 Men

32

29

46

.003

1.1

0.6;2.0

.759

 Women

17

13

42

<.001

3.4

2.3;5.2

<.001

Mammography (women <70 year, last 5 years), n = 259

63

64

65

.973

1.7^f

0.3;10.5

.624

PSA test (men, last 5 years), n = 628

28

29

25

.485

1.0^g

0.5;1.8

.896

Unmet health care needs, n = 1929

26

26

32

.100

1.3

0.9;1.7

.232