Sensorineural hearing loss
Description
sensorineural hearing loss: Hearing loss in which the root cause lies in the inner ear or sensory organ (cochlea and associated structures) or the vestibulocochlear nerve (cranial nerve VIII).
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | H8_HL_SEN_NAS |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: H904/H905/H903 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: H905/H904/H903 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 4 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 12250 | 6109 | 6141 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 7.03 | 6.16 | 8.17 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 62.92 | 62.03 | 63.8 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 4.52 | 3.72 | 5.32 |
Longitudinal metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Median nb. of events per indiv. | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Recurrence at 6 months (%) | 43.39 | 43.11 | 43.66 |
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