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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-8-30
pubmed:abstractText
In accordance with the unified criteria and methods over the country, a sampling survey of blindness and low vision was carried out in Shanxi province in April, 1987. The sample population was 53,656 persons and the actual number examined was 51,664 (96.3%). The provincial prevalence of blindness was 0.46%, i.e. 0.18% in cities and 0.50% in rural areas, with senile cataract as the leading cause for blindness (29.7%). The prevalence of monocular blindness was 0.85% and that of low vision 1.23%. The authors also proposed key points for the prevention and treatment of blindness and low vision.
pubmed:language
chi
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0412-4081
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
39-42
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
[A survey of blindness and low vision in Shanxi Province].
pubmed:affiliation
Affiliated Hospital of Shanxi College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xianyang Shanxi Province.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract