我国白内障的流行病学调查资料分析

目的 探讨我国白内障的患病率与各地检查条件、诊断标准及地理环境的关系。方法 采用世界卫生组织盲与低视力标准,对全国抽样调查资料进行统计学分析。结果 双眼视力〈０．３的白内障患者约５００万人,患病率为０．４６％;盲与低视力的患病率分别为０．４３％和０．５８％。盲人中白内障致盲占４１．０６％;低视力患者中４９．３８％为白内障所致;白内障致老年盲（年龄≥６０岁）及低视力占７３．１３％。以晶体混及视力〈０

Data analysis on epidemiologic survey of cataract in China

OBJECTIVE: To approach the prevalence of age-related cataract and its relationships with the condition of examination, diagnostic criteria and geographical environment in various areas. METHODS: According to the WHO's criteria of blindness and low vision, a statistical analysis of a national sample survey of blindness and low vision was carried out over the country. RESULTS: The number of patients with age-related cataract and visual acuity < 0.3 in both eyes calculated in the whole population was more than 5 million, the prevalence being 0.46%. The prevalence of blindness and that of low vision were 0.43% and 0.58% respectively. Among the blind, 41.06% was caused by cataract, and the low vision caused by cataract was 49.38%. Among elderly of >or= 60 years, the proportion of the blind and low vision caused by cataract was 73.13%. When the cataract standard was defined as lens opacity with visual acuity < 0.7, the prevalence of cataract was 5.99% in Beijing sample survey at the suburb area. The incidence of age-related cataract in females was significantly higher than that in males. In a survey of Beijing suburb in 1997, the prevalence of cataract among 5,084 elderly people of >or= 50 years with bilateral corrected visual acuity < 0.1 was 2.22%. In the southern part of China, the area of low latitude, especially in the plateau, such as in Guangdong Province (0.69%) and in Tibet (1.04%), the prevalence of cataract is much higher than that in northern part, high latitude areas, such as Heilongjiang Province (0.26%). A comparative study of the cataract prevalence of elderly >or= 40 years in the areas of different levels above the sea and sunshine times, it shows that the higher level above the sea and longer sunshine time the higher cataract prevalence. CONCLUSIONS: A longer sunshine time and a larger amount of ultraviolet irradiation are considered as the risk factors of cataract. Age-related cataract is the leading cause of blindness and the low vision in China.