Time Trends in the Incidence and Causes of Blindness in Israel

To evaluate time trends in the incidence and causes of new cases of blindness in Israel between 1999 and 2008. Descriptive, retrospective population-based study. During the decade of the study, 19 862 inhabitants of Israel were newly registered as legally blind. Data were retrieved from the 1999 to...

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Vydané v:American journal of ophthalmology Ročník 153; číslo 2; s. 214 - 221.e1
Hlavní autori: Skaat, Alon, Chetrit, Angela, Belkin, Michael, Kinori, Michael, Kalter-Leibovici, Ofra
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.02.2012
Elsevier
Predmet:
Adolescent
Adult
Age Distribution
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biological and medical sciences
Blindness - epidemiology
Blindness - etiology
Cataract - epidemiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Diabetic Retinopathy - epidemiology
Eye Diseases
Female
Glaucoma
Glaucoma - epidemiology
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Israel - epidemiology
Macular Degeneration - epidemiology
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Ophthalmology
Registries - statistics & numerical data
Retrospective Studies
Sex Distribution
Time Factors
Vision disorders
Visually Impaired Persons - statistics & numerical data
Young Adult
Asia
Israel
Eye disease
Ophthalmology
Vision disorder
Cause
Blindness
Incidence
ISSN:0002-9394, 1879-1891, 1879-1891
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Shrnutí:To evaluate time trends in the incidence and causes of new cases of blindness in Israel between 1999 and 2008. Descriptive, retrospective population-based study. During the decade of the study, 19 862 inhabitants of Israel were newly registered as legally blind. Data were retrieved from the 1999 to 2008 annual reports of the National Registry of the Blind in Israel and were reviewed retrospectively. Specific rates by age, gender, calendar year, and cause of blindness were calculated. Total and cause-specific annual age-standardized rates were calculated as well. Findings were evaluated by the use of Poisson regression models. The age-standardized rate of incidence of newly registered legal blindness at the end of the studied decade was half of that at the beginning, declining from 33.8 per 100 000 in 1999 to 16.6 per 100 000 in 2008. The decline mainly was attributable to a decreased incidence of blindness resulting from age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, and cataract. Contemporary interventions in ophthalmology combined with widely available universal free access to healthcare seem to be effective in causing a major reduction in the incidence of blindness.
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ISSN:0002-9394
1879-1891
1879-1891
DOI:10.1016/j.ajo.2011.08.035