Tinnitus in numbers

From tinnitus suffer millions around the world, other millions are in risk of obtaining it. And these numbers grow constantly because of loudness of modern lifestyle and also because tinnitus is more common with advancing age (longevity is constantly rising in many countries).

• In United States suffer up to 50 million citizens, long-time tinnitus have more than 10% of population
• In Britain have tinnitus cca 6 million people (10% of population)
• In Germany 25% of population suffers or has suffered by some form of tinnitus (13% long-lasting, that means about 10 million). Every year increases number of tinnitus sufferers by 340 thousand
• In Australia suffer 50 million, that is 18% of country population
• In China there is 130 million tinnitus sufferers (cca 10% of population)
• In Brasilia approximately 28 million (cca 14% of population)
• Worldwide estimation is 10 to 15% of adult population suffers tinnitus – more than 500 million people

Sources of data:
http://hearinghealthfoundation.org/tinnitus_statistics
http://www.tinnitus.org.uk/facts-and-figures
http://www.tinnitus-mag.de/tinnitus-wissen/geschichte-und-epidemiologie-des-tinnitus/
http://www.tinnitus.asn.au/tinnitus.htm
http://www.hear-it.org/130-million-people-suffer-from-tinnitus
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1808-86942013000100018&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en