Gibson J M, Rosenthal A R, Lavery J
Trans Ophthalmol Soc U K (1962). 1985;104 ( Pt 2):196-203.
A randomly selected age-stratified sample of subjects 76 years of age and older living in the Melton Mowbray area was examined by an ophthalmologist and an ophthalmic optician. Over a two-year period 484 subjects were examined, with a response rate of 71.5 per cent. The prevalence rates for the major sight threatening conditions in the elderly were determined: senile cataract 46.1 per cent, senile macular degeneration 41.5 per cent and open angle glaucoma 6.6 per cent. These figures are compared to the results of other epidemiological surveys of the elderly.
在梅尔顿莫布雷地区，由一名眼科医生和一名眼科配镜师对随机抽取的76岁及以上按年龄分层的样本进行了检查。在两年时间里，共检查了484名受试者，应答率为71.5%。确定了老年人主要致盲疾病的患病率：老年性白内障46.1%，老年性黄斑变性41.5%，开角型青光眼6.6%。这些数据与其他针对老年人的流行病学调查结果进行了比较。
