Aim: To estimate the number of peoplewith open angle (OAG)-and angle closure glaucoma (ACG) in 2010 and 2020. Methods: A review of published data with use of prevalence models. Data from population based studies of ag...Aim: To estimate the number of peoplewith open angle (OAG)-and angle closure glaucoma (ACG) in 2010 and 2020. Methods: A review of published data with use of prevalence models. Data from population based studies of age specific prevalence of OAG and ACG that satisfied standard definitions were used to construct prevalence models for OAG and ACG by age,sex,and ethnicity,weighting data proportional to sample size of each study. Models were combined with UN world population projections for 2010 and 2020 to derive the estimated number with glaucoma. Results: There will be 60.5million people with OAG and ACG in 2010,increasing to 79.6million by 2020,and of these,74% will have OAG. Women will comprise 55% of OAG,70% of ACG,and 59% of all glaucoma in 2010. Asians will represent 47% of those with glaucoma and 87% of those with ACG. Bilateral blindness will be present in 4.5 million people with OAG and 3.9 million people with ACG in 2010,rising to 5.9 and 5.3 million people in 2020,respectively. Conclusions: Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness worldwide,disproportionately affecting women and Asians.展开更多
On the Feasibility of the Single Asian Currency
所谓亚元,照目前的设想,实际上只是环太平洋地区即"东亚元".这一设想最先由马亚西亚总理马哈蒂尔在1997年的东盟国家首脑会议上提出,其指导思想是在贸易往来中,把用美元支...On the Feasibility of the Single Asian Currency
所谓亚元,照目前的设想,实际上只是环太平洋地区即"东亚元".这一设想最先由马亚西亚总理马哈蒂尔在1997年的东盟国家首脑会议上提出,其指导思想是在贸易往来中,把用美元支付改为用成员国的货币进行交易,以减少对美元的依赖.这一设想得到了与会的有关国家的支持.在1999年11月28日举行的东盟与中国、韩国和日本领导人的非正式高峰会议上,东盟成员认为在区内建立共同市场及单一货币是"有可能"的,并且共同市场及货币一体化的建议可延伸至中国、日本及韩国这三个非东盟国家.2这令市场对一种类似欧元的单一货币在亚洲诞生有所憧憬.展开更多
文摘Aim: To estimate the number of peoplewith open angle (OAG)-and angle closure glaucoma (ACG) in 2010 and 2020. Methods: A review of published data with use of prevalence models. Data from population based studies of age specific prevalence of OAG and ACG that satisfied standard definitions were used to construct prevalence models for OAG and ACG by age,sex,and ethnicity,weighting data proportional to sample size of each study. Models were combined with UN world population projections for 2010 and 2020 to derive the estimated number with glaucoma. Results: There will be 60.5million people with OAG and ACG in 2010,increasing to 79.6million by 2020,and of these,74% will have OAG. Women will comprise 55% of OAG,70% of ACG,and 59% of all glaucoma in 2010. Asians will represent 47% of those with glaucoma and 87% of those with ACG. Bilateral blindness will be present in 4.5 million people with OAG and 3.9 million people with ACG in 2010,rising to 5.9 and 5.3 million people in 2020,respectively. Conclusions: Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness worldwide,disproportionately affecting women and Asians.
文摘On the Feasibility of the Single Asian Currency
所谓亚元,照目前的设想,实际上只是环太平洋地区即"东亚元".这一设想最先由马亚西亚总理马哈蒂尔在1997年的东盟国家首脑会议上提出,其指导思想是在贸易往来中,把用美元支付改为用成员国的货币进行交易,以减少对美元的依赖.这一设想得到了与会的有关国家的支持.在1999年11月28日举行的东盟与中国、韩国和日本领导人的非正式高峰会议上,东盟成员认为在区内建立共同市场及单一货币是"有可能"的,并且共同市场及货币一体化的建议可延伸至中国、日本及韩国这三个非东盟国家.2这令市场对一种类似欧元的单一货币在亚洲诞生有所憧憬.
