title: National epidemiological survey of blindness and low vision in China.
abstract: According to the National Sample 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%); and the prevalence of low vision in China 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 heredity (48.46%). Among elderly of 60 years and over, the leading cause of blindness and low vision was cataract (73.13%).
authors.affiliation: Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Hospital.
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: Y Q
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Di
authors.forename: X D
authors.initials: XD
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001766:Blindness / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D002386:Cataract / Q000150:complications; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D015354:Vision, Low / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology