title: [An epidemiological survey of blindness and low vision in Chongqing].
abstract: An epidemiological survey of blindness and low vision in Chongqing showed that in a random sample of 13,832, there were 62 cases of bilateral blindness and 97 cases of bilateral low vision, the prevalences being 0.45% (male 0.38%, female 0.52%) and 0.70% (male 0.50%, female 0.90%) respectively. The prevalences in people over 60 years of age were significantly higher. The important blinding diseases were cataract, infectious keratitis, corneal turbidity, glaucoma, trachoma, and ametropia/amblyopia.
authors.forename: Y F
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: 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; D012494:Sampling Studies; D015354:Vision, Low / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology