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The risk of all-cause mortality is estimated using adjusted Cox Proportional Hazard models.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>After adjusting for a wide range of social demographic and economic factors, adults with hearing impairment, relative to adults with none, had 21% higher risk of death from any cause. However, the presence of co-impairments fully explained the association between hearing impairment and mortality for the full sample and for sub-samples of working-age (25 to 64) and retirement-age (65 and older) adults.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The results suggest that hearing impairments are not likely to be direct determinants of mortality risk, but rather an indicator of overall health and of the differing pathways to current health status for younger and older adults. 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