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Table 2 Estimates of the proportion of the population of Hong Kong annoyed, or self-reporting sleep disturbance, by road traffic noise

From: Quantification of the exposure and effects of road traffic noise in a dense Asian city: a comparison with western cities

 

% of the sample

95% confidence interval of the % in the HK population

Annoyed with road traffic noise (over whole day)

Highly annoyed

7.9%

7.4 to 8.4%

Annoyed

24.6%

23.7 to 25.4%

(at least) A little annoyed

47.8%

46.8 to 48.8%

Annoyed with road traffic noise (at night)

Highly annoyed at night

5.0%

4.5 to 5.4%

Annoyed at night

15.7%

15.0 to 16.4%

(at least) A little annoyed at night

36.1%

35.2 to 37.0%

(Self-reported) Sleep disturbed by road traffic noise

Highly sleep disturbed

4.1%

3.7 to 4.5%

Sleep disturbed

11.3%

10.7 to 11.9%

(at least) A little sleep disturbed

27.3%

26.4 to 28.2%