Somali vs Immigrants from Asia 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 548,612,138 people shows a weak positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Asia and percentage of population with hearing disability in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.233 and weighted average of 2.7%, a difference of 0.46%.

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%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Asia are Immigrants from Uruguay (2.7%, a difference of 0.030%), Immigrants from Armenia (2.7%, a difference of 0.050%), Immigrants from Cuba (2.7%, a difference of 0.060%), Colombian (2.7%, a difference of 0.18%), and Mongolian (2.7%, a difference of 0.20%).