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Prevalence Statistics in Eye & Vision
Aging and Vision
Lee, P.P., Z.W. Feldman, J. Ostermann, D.S. Brown, and F.A. Sloan. “Longitudinal Prevalence of Major Eye Diseases,” Archives of Ophthalmology 121, no.9 (2003): 1303-1310.
May, D.R., F. Kuhn, R.E. Morris, C.D. Witherspoon, R.P. Danis, G.P. Matthews, and L. Mann. “The Epidemiology of Serious Eye Injuries from the United States Eye Injury Registry,” Graefe’s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology 238, no.2 (2000): 153-157.
Pizzarello, L.D. “Ocular Trauma: Time for Action,” Ophthalmic Epidemiology 5, no.3 (1998): 115-116.
Witherspoon, C.D., F. Kuhn, R. Morris, L. Mann. “Epidemiology of General and Sports Eye Injuries,” Ophthalmology Clinics of North America 12, no.3 (1999): 333-343.
Wong, T.Y. and J.M. Tielsch. “Epidemiology of Ocular Trauma,” Chapter 56 In Duane’s Clinical Ophthalmology. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, 2008.
Wong, T.Y., M.B., Seet, and C.L. Ang. “Eye Injuries in Twentieth Century Warfare: A Historical Perspective,” Survey of Ophthalmology 41, no.6 (1997): 433-459.
Kawasaki, R., M. Yasuda, S.J. Song, S.J. Chen, J.B. Jonas, J.J. Wang, and T.Y. Wong. “The Prevalence of Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Asians: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis,” Ophthalmology 117, no.5 (2010):921-927.
Weih, L.M., M. Nanjan, C.A. McCarty, and H.R. Taylor. “Prevalence and Predictors of Open-Angle Glaucoma: Results from the Visual Impairment Project,” Ophthalmology 108, no.11 (2001): 1966-1972.
Virgili, G., G. Gatta, L. Ciccolallo, R. Capocaccia, A. Biggeri, E. Crocetti, and E. Paci. “Incidence of Uveal Melanoma in Europe,” Ophthalmology 114, no.12 (2007): 2309-2315.
Singh, A.D. and A. Topham. “Survival Rate with Uveal Melanoma in the United States: 1973-1997,” Ophthalmology 110, no.5 (2003): 962-965.
Singh, A.D. and A. Topham. “Incidence of Uveal Melanoma in the United States: 1973-1997,” Ophthalmology 110, no.5 (2003): 956-961.
Yu, G.P., D.N. Hu, S. McCormick, and P.T. Finger. “Conjunctival Melanoma: Is it Increasing in the United States?” American Journal of Ophthalmology 135, no.6 (2003): 800-806.
Ocular Disorders in Women
Dinn, R. B., A. Harris, and P.S. Marcus. “Ocular Changes in Pregnancy,” Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey 58, no.2 (Feb. 2003): 137-144.
Figueroa, F.X., and L.C. Snady-McCoy. “Ocular Disorders in Women,” Rhode Island Magazine 78 (1995): 352-355.
Surgery
Duffey, R.J. and D. Leaming. “Trends in Refractive Surgery in the United States,” Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 30, no.8 (2004): 1781-1785.
Ong, S.Y., C.Y. Cheung, X. Li, E. Lamoureux, et al. “Visual impairment, Age-Related Diseases, and Cognitive Function: The Singapore Malay Eye Study,” Archives of Ophthalmology in press.
Buch, H. T. Vinding, and N.V. Nielsen. “Prevalence and Causes of Visual Impairment According to World Health Organization and United States Criteria in an Aged, Urban Scandinavian Population: the Copenhagen City Eye Study,” Ophthalmology 108, no.12 (2001): 2347-2357.
Congdon, N.G., et al. “Causes and Prevalence of Visual Impairment Among Adults in the United States,” Archives of Ophthalmology 122, no.4 (2004): 477-485.
Congdon, N.G., D.S. Friedman, and T. Lietman. “Important Causes of Visual Impairment in the World Today,” Journal of the American Medical Association 290, no.15 (2003): 2057-2060.
Pascolini, D., et al. “2002 Global Update of Available Data on Visual Impairment: A Compilation of Population-based Prevalence Studies,” Ophthalmic Epidemiology 11, no.2 (2004): 67-115.
Roth Nissen, K., A.K. Sjolie, H. Jensen, K. Borch-Johnsen, and T. Rosenberg. “The Prevalence and Incidence of Visual Impairment in People of Age 20-59 Years in Industrialized Countries: A Review,” Ophthalmic Epidemiology 10, no.4 (2003): 279-291.
Varma, R., M. Ying-Lai, R. Klein, and S.P. Azen. “Prevalence and Risk Indicators of Visual Impairment and Blindness in Latinos: The Los Angeles Latino Eye Study,” Ophthalmology 111, no.6 (2004): 1132-1140.
World Blindness
Vision 2020. Vision 2020 is an initiative for the elimination of avoidable blindness by the WHO and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB).
Schaumberg, D.A. and M.R. Dana. “The Epidemiology of Blindness: A Global Review,” Practical Optometry 7 (1996): 192-196.
Thylefors, B., A.D. Negrel, R. Pararajasegaram, and K.y. Dadzie. “Available Data on Blindness (Update 1994),” Ophthalmic Epidemiology 2, no.1 (1995): 5-39.