Blindness registrations and socioeconomic factors in Canada: An ecologic study

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 199-211

  Sit, Arthur J ^a   Chipman, Mary ^a,b   Trope, Graham E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Blindness prevalence; Demographic factors; Ecologic study; Ethnic factors; Registries; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINORITY GROUP; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SOCIOECONOMICS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

AGED; BLINDNESS; CANADA; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 5644304561     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580490514504     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Roberts J, Lundford J. Monocular visual acuity of persons 4-74 years, United States, 1971-1972. Vital and Health Statistics. Washington DC: US Dept of Health, Education and Welfare, 1977. Publication No. (HRA) 77-1646, Series 11-No.201.
2. Kahn HA, Moorhead HB. Statistics on blindness in the Model Reporting Area, 1969-1970. Washington DC: US Dept of Health, Education and Welfare, 1973. Publication No. (NIH) 73-427.
3. Tielsch JM, Sommer A, Witt K, et al. Blindness and visual impairment in an American urban population. Arch Ophthalmol. 1990;108(10):1377-1378.
4. Sommer A, Tielsch JM, Katz J, et al. Racial differences in the cause-specific prevalence of blindness in east Baltimore. N Engl J Med. 1991;325(20):1412-1417.
5. Mains V. CNIB Client Statistics 1996. Toronto: Canadian National Institute for the Blind, 1997.
6. Morgenstern H. Ecologic Studies. In: Rothman K, Greenland S, editors. Modern Epidemiology, Second Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven, 1998; chapter 23.
7. Glantz SA, Slinker BK. In: Primer of Applied Regression & Analysis of Variance, 2nd edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001.
8. Tielsch JM, Sommer A, Witt K, et al. Socioeconomic status and visual impairment among urban Americans. Arch Ophthalmol. 1991; 109(5):637-641.
9. Attebo K, Mitchell P, Smith W. Visual acuity and the causes of visual loss in Australia. The Blue Mountains Eye Study. Ophthalmology. 1990;103(3): 357-364.
10. Klaver CC, Wolfs RC, Vingerling JR, et al. Age-specific prevalence and causes of blindness and visual impairment in an older population: the Rotterdam Study. Arch Ophthalmol. 1998;116(5):653-658.
11. Goldstein H. The Demography of Blindness Throughout the World. New York: American Foundation for the Blind, 1980.
12. Kirchner C, Peterson R. The latest data on visual disability from NCHS. J Visual Impairment Blindness. 1979; 73:151-153.
13. Naeyaert K. Blindness and Visual Impairment in Canada, Special Topic Series from the Health and Activity Limitation Survey. Ottawa: Statistics Canada, 1990.
14. Sanmartin C, Ross NA, Tremblay S, et al. Labour market income inequality and mortality in North American metropolitan areas. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2003; 57(10):792-797.
15. Foster PJ, Oen F, Machin D, et al. The prevalence of glaucoma in Chinese residents of Singapore: a cross-sectional population survey of the Tanjong Pagar District. Arch Ophthalmol. 2000;118(8):1105-1111.
16. Greenland S, Robins J. Invited commentary: ecologic studies-biases, misconceptions, and counterexamples. Am J Epidemiol. 1994;139(8):747-760.
17. Piantadosi S. Invited commentary: ecologic biases. Am J Epidemiol. 1994;139(8):761-764.
18. Cohen BL. Invited commentary: in defense of ecologic studies for testing a linear-no threshold theory. Am J Epidemiol. 1994;139(8): 765-768.
19. Robinson R, Deutsch J, Jones HS, et al. Unrecognised and unregistered visual impairment. Br J Ophthalmol. 1994;78:736-740.