title: The availability of statistics relating to deafness in the United Kingdom.
abstract: Statistics concerning the prevalence of deafness in the United Kingdom are constantly being requested. Authoritative figures do not exist concerning the adult deaf population. However, a variety of statistics is available and an attempt has been made to collate these in order that some assessment of the size of the problem may be made.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003638:Deafness / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004519:Education, Special; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006310:Hearing Aids; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012042:Registries; D006113:United Kingdom