Somali vs Immigrants from Western Europe Hearing Disability

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 99,308,769 people shows a poor negative correlation between the proportion of Somalis and percentage of population with hearing disability in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.132 and weighted average of 2.8%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 493,839,784 people shows a near-perfect positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Western Europe and percentage of population with hearing disability in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.943 and weighted average of 3.3%, a difference of 20.5%.

In terms of hearing disability, the demographic groups most similar to Somalis are Immigrants from Turkey (2.8%, a difference of 0.040%), Belizean (2.8%, a difference of 0.070%), Immigrants from Morocco (2.8%, a difference of 0.090%), Immigrants from Iran (2.8%, a difference of 0.11%), and Immigrants from Northern Africa (2.8%, a difference of 0.13%).

In terms of hearing disability, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Western Europe are Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac (3.3%, a difference of 0.070%), Yugoslavian (3.3%, a difference of 0.17%), Samoan (3.3%, a difference of 0.28%), Immigrants from Netherlands (3.3%, a difference of 0.35%), and Immigrants from Scotland (3.3%, a difference of 0.41%).