title: [The 1987 National Epidemiological Survey of Blindness and Low Vision in China].
abstract: According to the 1987 National Epidemiological Survey of Blindness and Low Vision, the prevalence of blindness in China was 0.43%, resulting chiefly from cataract (41.06%), corneal diseases (15.38%), trachoma (10.87%), and glaucoma (8.80%); the prevalence of low vision was 0.58%, of which the main causes were cataract (49.83%), ametropia/amblyopia (14.98%), trachoma (9.55%), corneal diseases (8.48%), chorioretinal diseases (6.27%), etc. Among children under 14 years of age, the leading cause of blindness and low vision was hereditary diseases (48.46%), and among the elderly of 60 years and over, the leading cause of blindness and low vision was cataract (73.13%).
authors.affiliation: Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology.
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001766:Blindness / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D002386:Cataract / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D015354:Vision, Low / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control