Burden of vision loss in the Eastern Mediterranean region, 1990–2015: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study

S Safi; H Ahmadieh; M Katibeh; M Yaseri; A Ramezani; S Shahraz; M Moradi-Lakeh; I Khalil; C Elbcheraoui; M Collison; A Chew; F Daoud; KJ Krohn; Z Rankin; A Afshin; NJ Kassebaum; HE Olsen; JD Stanaway; H Wang; K Wilson; GY Abyu; A Al-Eyadhy; K Alam; D Alasfoor; R Alizadeh-Navaei; R Al-Raddadi; U Alsharif; KA Altirkawi; N Anber; H Ansari; P Anwari; H Asayesh; SW Asgedom; TM Atey; U Bacha; A Barac; N Bedi; ZA Butt; AA Chitheer; S Djalalinia; H Do Phuc; B Eshrati; MS Farvid; F Farzadfar; SM Fereshtehnejad; F Fischer; TT Gebrehiwot; RR Hamadeh; S Hamidi; TB Higazi; M Hsairi; A Jimenez-Corona; D John; JB Jonas; A Kasaeian; YS Khader; EA Khan; HJ Larson; AA Latif; R Lunevicius; H Magdy Abd El Razek; M Magdyabdelrazek; A Majeed; R Malekzadeh; C McAlinden; ZA Memish; TR Miller; SF Mohammadi; V Nangia; CT Nguyen; Q Le Nguyen; FA Ogbo; F Pourmalek; M Qorbani; A Rafay; V Rahimi-Movaghar; RK Rai; SM Rana; DL Rawaf; S Rawaf; AMN Renzaho; S Rezaei; G Roshandel; M Safdarian; S Safiri; P Salamati; AM Samy; B Sartorius; SG Sepanlou; MA Shaikh; E Skiadaresi; BHA Sobaih; R Suliankatchiabdulkader; HR Taylor; A Tehrani-Banihashemi; MH Temsah; R Topor-Madry; BX Tran; M Tsilimbaris; KN Ukwaja

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Burden of vision loss in the Eastern Mediterranean region, 1990–2015: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study

S Safi, H Ahmadieh, M Katibeh, M Yaseri, A Ramezani, S Shahraz, M Moradi-Lakeh, I Khalil, C Elbcheraoui, M Collison, A Chew, F Daoud, KJ Krohn, Z Rankin, A Afshin, NJ Kassebaum, HE Olsen, JD Stanaway, H Wang, K Wilson Show all

International Journal of Public Health | FRONTIERS MEDIA SA | Published : 2018

DOI: 10.1007/s00038-017-1000-7

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Abstract

Objectives: To report the estimated trend in prevalence and years lived with disability (YLDs) due to vision loss (VL) in the Eastern Mediterranean region (EMR) from 1990 to 2015. Methods: The estimated trends in age-standardized prevalence and the YLDs rate due to VL in 22 EMR countries were extracted from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2015 study. The association of Socio-demographic Index (SDI) with changes in prevalence and YLDs of VL was evaluated using a multilevel mixed model. Results: The age-standardized prevalence of VL in the EMR was 18.2% in 1990 and 15.5% in 2015. The total age-standardized YLDs rate attributed to all-cause VL in EMR was 536.9 per 100,000 population in 1990 ..

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