Global, regional, national burden and gender disparity of cataract: findings from the global burden of disease study 2019
Abstract Background To evaluate the global burden of cataracts by year, age, region, gender, and socioeconomic status using disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) and prevalence from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study 2019. Methods Global, regional, or national DALY numbers, crude DALY rates,...
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| description | Abstract Background To evaluate the global burden of cataracts by year, age, region, gender, and socioeconomic status using disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) and prevalence from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study 2019. Methods Global, regional, or national DALY numbers, crude DALY rates, and age-standardized DALY rates caused by cataracts, by year, age, and gender, were obtained from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Socio-demographic Index (SDI) as a comprehensive indicator of the national or regional development status of GBD countries in 2019 was obtained from the GBD official website. Kruskal-Wallis test, linear regression, and Pearson correlation analysis were performed to explore the associations between the health burden with socioeconomic levels, Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test was used to investigate the gender disparity. Results From 1990 to 2019, global DALY numbers caused by cataracts rose by 91.2%, crude rates increased by 32.2%, while age-standardized rates fell by 11.0%. Globally, age-standardized prevalence and DALYs rates of cataracts peaked in 2017 and 2000, with the prevalence rate of 1283.53 [95% uncertainty interval (UI) 1134.46–1442.93] and DALYs rate of 94.52 (95% UI 67.09–127.24) per 100,000 population, respectively. The burden was expected to decrease to 1232.33 (95% UI 942.33–1522.33) and 91.52 (95% UI 87.11–95.94) by 2050. Southeast Asia had the highest blindness rate caused by cataracts in terms of age-standardized DALY rates (99.87, 95% UI: 67.18–144.25) in 2019. Gender disparity has existed since 1990, with the female being more heavily impacted. This pattern remained with aging among different stages of vision impairments and varied through GBD super regions. Gender difference (females minus males) of age-standardized DALYs (equation: Y = -53.2*X + 50.0, P < 0.001) and prevalence rates (equation: Y = − 492.8*X + 521.6, P < 0.001) was negatively correlated with SDI in linear regression. Conclusion The global health of cataracts is improving but the steady growth in crude DALY rates suggested that health progress does not mean fewer demands for cataracts. Globally, older age, females, and lower socioeconomic status are associated with higher cataract burden. The findings of this study highlight the importance to make gender-sensitive health policies to manage global vision loss caused by cataracts, especially in low SDI regions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cf3c2372dca846eda6cac19ff12bc5a82022-12-22T04:14:16ZengBMCBMC Public Health1471-24582022-11-0122111610.1186/s12889-022-14491-0Global, regional, national burden and gender disparity of cataract: findings from the global burden of disease study 2019Rui Fang0Yang-Fan Yu1En-Jie Li2Ning-Xin Lv3Zhao-Chuan Liu4Hong-Gang Zhou5Xu-Dong Song6Beijing Tongren HospitalBeijing Tongren HospitalBeijing Tongren HospitalBeijing Tongren HospitalBeijing Tongren HospitalThe State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy and Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research, Nan kai UniversityBeijing Tongren HospitalAbstract Background To evaluate the global burden of cataracts by year, age, region, gender, and socioeconomic status using disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) and prevalence from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study 2019. Methods Global, regional, or national DALY numbers, crude DALY rates, and age-standardized DALY rates caused by cataracts, by year, age, and gender, were obtained from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Socio-demographic Index (SDI) as a comprehensive indicator of the national or regional development status of GBD countries in 2019 was obtained from the GBD official website. Kruskal-Wallis test, linear regression, and Pearson correlation analysis were performed to explore the associations between the health burden with socioeconomic levels, Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test was used to investigate the gender disparity. Results From 1990 to 2019, global DALY numbers caused by cataracts rose by 91.2%, crude rates increased by 32.2%, while age-standardized rates fell by 11.0%. Globally, age-standardized prevalence and DALYs rates of cataracts peaked in 2017 and 2000, with the prevalence rate of 1283.53 [95% uncertainty interval (UI) 1134.46–1442.93] and DALYs rate of 94.52 (95% UI 67.09–127.24) per 100,000 population, respectively. The burden was expected to decrease to 1232.33 (95% UI 942.33–1522.33) and 91.52 (95% UI 87.11–95.94) by 2050. Southeast Asia had the highest blindness rate caused by cataracts in terms of age-standardized DALY rates (99.87, 95% UI: 67.18–144.25) in 2019. Gender disparity has existed since 1990, with the female being more heavily impacted. This pattern remained with aging among different stages of vision impairments and varied through GBD super regions. Gender difference (females minus males) of age-standardized DALYs (equation: Y = -53.2*X + 50.0, P < 0.001) and prevalence rates (equation: Y = − 492.8*X + 521.6, P < 0.001) was negatively correlated with SDI in linear regression. Conclusion The global health of cataracts is improving but the steady growth in crude DALY rates suggested that health progress does not mean fewer demands for cataracts. Globally, older age, females, and lower socioeconomic status are associated with higher cataract burden. The findings of this study highlight the importance to make gender-sensitive health policies to manage global vision loss caused by cataracts, especially in low SDI regions.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14491-0CataractGlobal burden of diseaseVision lossDisability-adjusted life year |
| spellingShingle | Rui Fang Yang-Fan Yu En-Jie Li Ning-Xin Lv Zhao-Chuan Liu Hong-Gang Zhou Xu-Dong Song Global, regional, national burden and gender disparity of cataract: findings from the global burden of disease study 2019 BMC Public Health Cataract Global burden of disease Vision loss Disability-adjusted life year |
| title | Global, regional, national burden and gender disparity of cataract: findings from the global burden of disease study 2019 |
| title_full | Global, regional, national burden and gender disparity of cataract: findings from the global burden of disease study 2019 |
| title_fullStr | Global, regional, national burden and gender disparity of cataract: findings from the global burden of disease study 2019 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Global, regional, national burden and gender disparity of cataract: findings from the global burden of disease study 2019 |
| title_short | Global, regional, national burden and gender disparity of cataract: findings from the global burden of disease study 2019 |
| title_sort | global regional national burden and gender disparity of cataract findings from the global burden of disease study 2019 |
| topic | Cataract Global burden of disease Vision loss Disability-adjusted life year |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14491-0 |
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