Prevalence and causes of visual impairment and blindness in Sichuan province of China / 国际眼科杂志(Guoji Yanke Zazhi)
International Eye Science
;
(12): 30-35, 2010.
Article
in Chinese
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| ID: wpr-641463
ABSTRACT
AIM:
To describe the prevalence and causes of low vision and blindness in a population within Sichuan province in southwestern China.METHODS:
A stratified, multi-phased and cluster probability sampling design was employed to enumerate 125 641 participants from 40 351 households within 38 counties/cities. Participants underwent a comprehensive eye examination, including standardized visual acuity (VA) tests using logarithm of the minimum angle resolution charts. Prevalence was age- and gender-standardized to the 2000 China Census.RESULTS:
Population-weighted prevalence of blindness was 0.77% (95% CI 0.72- 0.82, n=966) and low vision was 1.22% (95% CI 1.14-1.27, n=1 513). Overall, the prevalence of visual disability was 1.40% in the urban population, and 2.22% in the rural population (P<0.01). Cataract was the leading cause of visual disability (55.7%, n=1 381), and was of similar frequency in both urban and rural populations. Retinal disease was the second leading cause (9.7%, n=236), but was more common in urban than rural participants (34.3% vs 2.7%, P<0.01). Corneal disease accounted for 6.5% (n=161) of cases of visual disability, and was more common in the rural population (7.2% vs 3.9%, P=0.006).CONCLUSION:
We estimate that 1.72 million people suffer from visual disability within Sichuan province, of which 525 000 are blind, the focus of blindness prevention should be in rural area.
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Type of study:
Etiology study
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Prevalence study
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
International Eye Science
Year:
2010
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Article
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