Research Article
Visual Impairment among Older Adults in a Rural Community in Eastern China
Table 1
Prevalence of visual impairment and blindness by age and gender.
| | | Visual impairment (including blindness) | Blindness | | | % | 95% confidence interval | | % | 95% confidence interval |
| All (crude) | 4579 | 310 | 6.77 | 6.04–7.50 | 24 | 0.52 | 0.31–0.73 | All (age-standardized) | 5.38 | 4.72–6.03 | 0.45 | 0.26–0.64 | Men (crude) | 2200 | 95 | 4.32 | 3.47–5.17 | 4 | 0.18 | 0–0.36 | Men (age-standardized) | 3.19 | 2.45–3.92 | 0.14 | 0–0.29 | Women (crude) | 2379 | 215 | 9.04 | 7.88–10.19 | 20 | 0.84 | 0.47–1.21 | Women (age-standardized) | 7.35 | 6.30–8.40 | 0.73 | 0.39–1.07 | Men | | | | | | | | 60–64 years | 898 | 14 | 1.56 | 0.75–2.37 | 0 | 0 | — | 65–69 years | 606 | 17 | 2.81 | 1.49–4.12 | 1 | 0.17 | 0–0.49 | 70–74 years | 351 | 18 | 5.13 | 2.81–7.45 | 3 | 0.85 | 0–1.82 | 75–80 years | 228 | 23 | 10.09 | 6.15–14.03 | 0 | 0 | — | 80 years or older | 117 | 23 | 19.66 | 12.35–26.97 | 0 | 0 | — | Women | | | | | | | | 60–64 years | 915 | 24 | 2.62 | 1.59–3.66 | 3 | 0.33 | 0–0.7 | 65–69 years | 714 | 49 | 6.86 | 5.00–8.72 | 6 | 0.84 | 0.17–1.51 | 70–74 years | 327 | 35 | 10.7 | 7.33–14.07 | 5 | 1.53 | 0.19–2.87 | 75–80 years | 258 | 52 | 20.16 | 15.23–25.08 | 2 | 0.78 | 0–1.85 | 80 years or older | 165 | 55 | 33.33 | 26.06–40.6 | 4 | 2.42 | 0.05–4.8 |
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