Projected number of Australians with visual impairment in 2000 and 2030
| Autor: | Paul Mitchell, Elena Rochtchina, Jie Jin Wang, Suriya Foran |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Visual acuity genetic structures medicine.medical_treatment Population Visual impairment Vision Disorders Visual Acuity Audiology Affect (psychology) Severe visual impairment Community support Prevalence medicine Humans education Aged Aged 80 and over education.field_of_study Rehabilitation business.industry Australia Health Services Middle Aged eye diseases Age-related maculopathy Ophthalmology Female Health Services Research medicine.symptom business Forecasting Demography |
| Zdroj: | Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. 28:143-145 |
| ISSN: | 1442-9071 1442-6404 |
| Popis: | This study aimed to project population-based prevalence data associated with visual impairment, in order to estimate the number of affected older Australians (aged 50 or older) in the years 2000 and 2030. We used data from the Blue Mountains Eye Study (BMES) and Melbourne Visual Impairment Project (MVIP), together with Australian Bureau of Statistics population projections. Similar definitions for moderate (6/24-6/60 visual acuity) and severe (< 6/60 visual acuity) visual impairment were used. Combining age-standardized data, we estimated that in the year 2000, 38 820 (0.73%) and 25590 (0.48%) Australians aged 50 years or older will have moderate and severe visual impairment, respectively. By 2030, these rates will have more than doubled, to an estimated 85910 (0.92%) and 57930 (0.62%) Australians with moderate and severe visual impairment, respectively. Women aged 50 years or older will have a 1.8-fold and four-fold risk, respectively, of moderate and severe visual impairment compared to men. Visual impairment will affect an increasing proportion of older Australians, Newer approaches to therapy, rehabilitation and community support for persons with visual impairment will be needed to meet this challenge. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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