Epidemiology

Worldwide

* No data, but cataract is the leading cause of blindness worldwide.


Australia (2001)

*
2.0% of population have cataract
o Male 1.5%
o Female 2.4%


Malaysia

*
Diabetes
o 2006 – 10.3% of Malaysian population
o Orang asli 0.3%
*
National Eye survey 1996
o Cataract is the leading cause of blindness, with 39% of blindness and 36% of low vision were due to cataract
o
Prevalence of cataract in Malaysia 2.58%
+ Women 2.69%
+ Men 2.46%
o An exponential increase of cataract after 40 years of age
o The age group with the highest prevalence of cataract was the 70 years and above age group with a prevalence of 54.55%.
o
Based on races
+ Indian 3.63%
+ Other indigenous group 2.79%
+ Chinese 2.69%
+ Malay 2.29%
o Urban areas had lower prevalence (2.48%) compared to rural areas (2.66%)
o
States
+ Melaka 5.31%
+ Kuala Lumpur 3.37%
+ Sabah 3.32%



Reference:

1. http://books.google.com/books?id=S28jeel2VfUC&pg=PA130&lpg=PA130&dq=incidence+of+diabetes+in+orang+asli&source=bl&ots=HUqB4iP6P_&sig=tqQKDIf4I8g-W8k-L_ptBDeU8xI&hl=en&ei=JEifStbsKpbU7AOe6OjrCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4#v=onepage&q=&f=false
2. http://www.moh.gov.my/opencms/export/sites/default/moh/download/BI_edisi4pg_2.pdf
3. http://www.fskb.ukm.my/jurnal/Jilid%204%281%292006/Sharanjeet%20Kaur.pdf