Immigrants from Portugal vs Immigrants from Western Europe Hearing Disability

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 174,768,283 people shows a moderate positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Portugal and percentage of population with hearing disability in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.498 and weighted average of 3.2%. 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 3.4%.

In terms of hearing disability, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Portugal are Maltese (3.2%, a difference of 0.11%), Bhutanese (3.2%, a difference of 0.20%), Lebanese (3.2%, a difference of 0.38%), Latvian (3.2%, a difference of 0.42%), and Greek (3.2%, a difference of 0.62%). Similarly, 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%).