Disability data from the 2010 Census (INEGI, 2010b) estimates that a total of 4,527,784 individuals (4% of the total population) live with some physical or mental limitation[1]. Of this total, 498,640 report difficulty to hear even when using a hearing aid or are deaf. Regarding older adults, data from the National Health and Nutrition Survey 2012 (Gutiérrez-Robledo et al., 2012) show that 11.3% of individuals 60 years and older report hearing limitations even when using a hearing aid or are deaf. Among those, 4.9% are aged 60-69, 11.8% are 70-79 years old and 31.4% are 80 years of age and older.

[1] Since 2000 INEGi is part of the Washington Group on Disability and includes in its Census and many national surveys the Groups’ questions on disability. The term used in the Census is “limitacion con/para…” “Limitation with or to do…”

References:

Gutiérrez-Robledo, L. M., Téllez-Rojo, M. M., Espinoza-Manrique, B., Castillo-Acosta, I., López-Ortega, M., Rodríguez-Salinas, A., & Ortiz-Sosa, A. L. (2012). Evidencia para la política pública en salud. Discapacidad y dependencia en adultos mayores mexicanos : un curso sano para una vejez plena. https://ensanut.insp.mx/encuestas/ensanut2012/doctos/analiticos/DiscapacidAdultMayor.pdf

INEGI. (2010b). Principales resultados del Censo de Población y Vivienda 2010. In Principales resultados del Censo de Población y Vivienda 2010. (Vol. 1).