Twenty-year trends in the prevalence of disability in China.
Objective To evaluate changes in the age-adjusted prevalence of disability in transitional China from 1987 to 2006. Methods Data from nationally representative surveys conducted in 1987 and 2006 were used to calculate age-adjusted disability prevalence rates by applying appropriate sample weights an...
| Published in: | Bulletin of the World Health Organization Vol. 89; no. 11; pp. 788 - 798 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=108211754&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 108211754 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 00429686 BUW jtl: Bulletin of the World Health Organization issn: 00429686 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Nov2011 vid: 89 iid: 11 pid: 437 pub: World Health Organization artinfo: ui: 108211754 69540114 10.2471/BLT.11.089730 NLM22084524 PMC3209727 108211754 ppf: 788 ppct: 10 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Twenty-year trends in the prevalence of disability in China. aug: au: Zheng, Xiaoying Chen, Gong Song, Xinming Liu, Jufen Yan, Lijing Du, Wei Pang, Lihua Zhang, Lei Wu, Jilei Zhang, Bingzi Zhang, Jun affil: Institute of Population Research/WHO Collaborating Centre on Reproductive Health and Population Science, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China sug: subj: Persons with Disabilities Evaluation Age Factors Funding Source Human China Infant Child, Preschool Child Adolescence Adult Middle Age Aged Aged, 80 and Over Male Female Descriptive Statistics Confidence Intervals Surveys Interviews Data Analysis, Statistical Data Analysis Software P-Value Self Report Infant: 1-23 months Child, Preschool: 2-5 years Child: 6-12 years Adolescent: 13-18 years Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Aged: 65+ years Aged, 80 & over Male Female ab: Objective To evaluate changes in the age-adjusted prevalence of disability in transitional China from 1987 to 2006. Methods Data from nationally representative surveys conducted in 1987 and 2006 were used to calculate age-adjusted disability prevalence rates by applying appropriate sample weights and directly adjusting to the age distribution of the 1990 Chinese population. Trends were assessed in terms of average annual percentage change. Findings The estimated number of disabled people in China in 1987 and 2006 was 52.7 and 84.6 million, respectively, corresponding to a weighted prevalence of 4.9% and 6.5%. The age-adjusted prevalence of disability decreased by an average of 0.5% per year (average annual percentage change, AAPC: -0.5%; 95% confidence interval, CI: -0.7 to -0.4) during 1987-2006. However, it increased by an average of 0.3% (AAPC: 0.3%; 95% CI: 0.1 to 0.5) per year in males and by an average of 1.0% (AAPC: 1.0%; 95% CI: 0.8 to 1.2) per year among rural residents, whereas among females it showed an average annual decrease of 1.5% (AAPC: -1.5%; 95% CI:-1.7 to-1.3) and among urban residents, an average annual decrease of 3.9% (AAPC: -3.9%; 95% CI: -4.3 to -3.5). Despite significant declining trends for hearing and speech, intellectual and visual disabilities, the annual age-adjusted prevalence of physical and mental disabilities increased by an average of 11.2% (AAPC: 11.2%; 95% CI: 10.5 to 11.9) and 13.3% (AAPC: 13.3%; 95% CI: 10.7 to 16.2), respectively. Conclusion In China, the age-adjusted prevalence of disability has declined since 1987, with inconsistencies dependent on the type of disability. These findings call for continuing and specific efforts to prevent disabilities in China. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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