title: The prevalence of eye disease in elderly Bengalis in Tower Hamlets.
abstract: The prevalence of eye disease and uncorrected refractive errors in a group of 167 elderly members of the Bangladeshi community which resides in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets was studied. Of the subjects screened 24.6% were found to have a significant and potentially treatable cause of visual loss and a further 32.3% were visually handicapped through the presence of uncorrected refractive errors. A high prevalence (53.3%) of cataract was found in the elderly Bengalis. The high prevalence of eye disease in this ethnic minority group, has important implications for health service planning.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Royal London Hospital, London, England.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Gray
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002386:Cataract / Q000208:ethnology; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D008131:London / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012030:Refractive Errors / Q000208:ethnology