State of health. Absolute figures Hearing difficulties, by sex and age group. Population aged 16 years old and over Units: thousands of persons ;Total;No;Least;Greatest;No data recorded; BOTH SEXES; Total;37,428.8;32,974.6;3,943.0;249.7;261.5; 16 to 24 years old;4,660.5;4,480.0;145.5;12.7;22.3; 25 to 34 years old;7,611.5;7,215.6;317.3;5.3;73.3; 35 to 44 years old;7,252.4;6,722.3;468.2;18.0;43.8; 45 to 54 years old;5,910.3;5,284.2;554.3;25.3;46.6; 55 to 64 years old;4,733.3;3,992.2;661.1;40.0;40.0; 65 to 74 years old;3,848.4;3,093.3;694.4;46.5;14.1; 75 years old and over;3,412.4;2,187.1;1,102.0;101.9;21.4; MALES; Total;18,359.0;15,993.6;2,126.2;113.2;126.0; 16 to 24 years old;2,389.3;2,314.0;69.6;2.5;3.1; 25 to 34 years old;3,936.4;3,705.4;201.2;0.0;29.9; 35 to 44 years old;3,695.7;3,368.3;284.1;15.2;28.2; 45 to 54 years old;2,939.7;2,555.4;349.3;10.0;25.0; 55 to 64 years old;2,299.5;1,873.4;381.2;23.6;21.3; 65 to 74 years old;1,676.3;1,290.7;358.0;21.5;6.2; 75 years old and over;1,422.0;886.5;482.7;40.4;12.3; FEMALES; Total;19,069.8;16,981.1;1,816.8;136.5;135.5; 16 to 24 years old;2,271.2;2,166.0;75.9;10.2;19.2; 25 to 34 years old;3,675.1;3,510.3;116.1;5.3;43.5; 35 to 44 years old;3,556.6;3,354.0;184.2;2.8;15.6; 45 to 54 years old;2,970.7;2,728.8;205.0;15.3;21.6; 55 to 64 years old;2,433.8;2,118.9;279.9;16.4;18.6; 65 to 74 years old;2,172.1;1,802.6;336.5;25.1;7.9; 75 years old and over;1,990.4;1,300.6;619.3;61.5;9.1; Notes: The symbol '.' shall be deemed as data which cannot be provided since it may be affected by sampling errors. The symbol '..' shall be deemed as data which is not collected. The symbol '...' shall be deemed as an 'error of division by zero'. Source: Ministry of Health and Consumption and INE