… Visual impairment (VI) creates a substantial health burden … suffer from blindness and low
vision in China, respectively, … VI may lead to physical disability, difficulties in usual activities…

… burden of visual impairment will change over time in China. … This population had a high
incidence of visual impairment … of diabetes in Chinese adults living in mainland China has …

… Collectively, these findings suggested a considerable burden of DR in mainland China. …
the population living in mainland China (124, 125). In both Beijing and Handan eye studies, the …

… These results are based on BCVA and do not reflect the burden of low vision and blindness
… adult population: the Handan Eye Study. Ophthalmology 2008; 115: 1965–1972. 19 …

… ), vision loss represents 3.9% of the total global health burden … low vision), the Handan Eye
Study 14 (2.9% of low vision … be given priority attention in mainland China. Among those 45 to …

… Handan Eye Study is a study of blindness, visual impairment, … per capita of Chinese living in
rural areas of Mainland China. … burden of AMD and accompanying subsequent vision loss in …

… is recognized as an important social burden worldwide. The … This study reports on the
prevalence of visual impairment in adults living in urban southern China. The age-specific …

… Eighty percent of visual impairment in the United States is … and burden of refractive errors
in adult Chinese persons … in a rural village setting in mainland China. We report an overall …

… of the burden of eye diseases in China, we conducted the Handan Eye Study (HES). This …
average income (3255 Yuan, 478$) of those living in rural areas throughout Mainland China. …

… of blindness and visual impairment within Mainland China have … China national survey on
disability afforded the opportunity to evaluate the causes of visual impairment and blindness in …