Blindness from age-related macular degeneration in Changning District of Shanghai from 2003 to 2008
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1671-7368.2010.01.023
- VernacularTitle:上海市长宁区2003年至2008年老年性黄斑变性新发眼盲现况分析
- Author:
Ke ZHOU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Macular degeneration;
Blindness
- From:
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners
2010;9(1):52-53
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Total 1049 new cases of blindness were detected by visual acuity survey in a population aged 68 or above in Changning District of Shanghai from 2003 to 2008. Among all eases 21.5% were age-related macular degeneration (AMD) blindness, with a trend of ascending from 17.7% in 2003 to 29. 9% in 2008. Most of the cases were classified as grade 3 (56. 9% ) or grade 4 (41.3%) of blindness. AMD has become one of the leading causes of blindness at present and should be the key eye disease for prevention of blindness.
