GENERAL OPHTHALMOPATHOLOGY OF DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS OF URBAN AND RURAL POPULATION OF THR AMUR REGION

Abstract

The study shows the dynamics of overall incidence of eye and its appendages in the Amur region in the urban and rural population in various age groups over past 12 years. From 1999 to 2010 the incidence of ophthalmopathology of population rose by 64% (from 68.1 to 111.4‰). On average the index under study increased by 5.5% a year with an apparent tendency for further growth. The ophthalmopathology incidence rate among urban population of the Amur region increased from 1999 to 2010 by 51% (from 94.1 to 142.4 ‰). Among rural population the general incidence during this period increased by 138% (from 20.6 to 49.0 ‰).