Table 4.
Standardized province-specific prevalence of any DR and VTDR among Chinese adults with diabetes
| Province | N | Any DR | VTDR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prevalence (95% CI)a | Rank | Prevalence (95% CI)a | Rank | ||
| Guizhou | 1727 | 9.9 (8.3–11.5) | 1 | 1.8 (1.2–2.4) | 3 |
| Fujian | 1744 | 10.9 (9.3–12.5) | 2 | 2.2 (1.5–2.9) | 6 |
| Tianjin | 1729 | 11.2 (9.5–12.9) | 3 | 2.7 (1.9–3.5) | 12 |
| Qinghai | 802 | 11.5 (9.0–13.9) | 4 | 3.7 (2.2–5.3) | 23 |
| Guangxi | 1584 | 11.5 (9.6–13.4) | 5 | 1.64 (0.81–2.46) | 2 |
| Jiangsu | 1768 | 11.6 (9.9–13.4) | 6 | 2.6 (1.8–3.4) | 11 |
| Hubei | 1607 | 12.0 (10.0–14.1) | 7 | 1.9 (1.1–2.7) | 5 |
| Shanxi | 1858 | 12.4 (10.7–14.0) | 8 | 2.8 (2.0–3.6) | 13 |
| Hunan | 1676 | 12.5 (10.6–14.4) | 9 | 2.5 (1.4–3.5) | 9 |
| Shanghai | 1723 | 12.6 (10.9–14.4) | 10 | 2.5 (1.7–3.3) | 10 |
| Jiangxi | 1453 | 14.4 (11.9–16.8) | 11 | 1.27 (0.61–1.94) | 1 |
| Ningxia | 1719 | 15.1 (13.1–17.1) | 12 | 1.9 (1.2–2.5) | 4 |
| Tibet | 578 | 15.2 (11.8–18.7) | 13 | 3.7 (2.3–5.2) | 24 |
| Liaoning | 1701 | 15.5 (13.5–17.5) | 14 | 3.7 (2.7–4.8) | 22 |
| Hebei | 1790 | 15.6 (13.6–17.6) | 15 | 3.4 (2.4–4.5) | 18 |
| Anhui | 1636 | 15.7 (13.5–17.8) | 16 | 2.4 (1.6–3.2) | 7 |
| Zhejiang | 1639 | 16.0 (13.9–18.1) | 17 | 3.5 (2.5–4.5) | 19 |
| Guangdong | 1570 | 16.1 (13.8–18.3) | 18 | 3.0 (2.0–4.0) | 14 |
| Inner Mongolia | 1633 | 16.5 (14.4–18.6) | 19 | 2.4 (1.7–3.2) | 8 |
| Yunnan | 1719 | 16.8 (14.7–18.9) | 20 | 3.8 (2.7–4.9) | 25 |
| Sichuan | 2145 | 17.4 (15.5–19.4) | 21 | 3.9 (3.1–4.8) | 26 |
| Jilin | 1568 | 17.9 (15.6–20.2) | 22 | 4.5 (3.3–5.6) | 28 |
| Shaanxi | 1698 | 18.1 (15.9–20.2) | 23 | 4.0 (3.0–5.0) | 27 |
| Beijing | 1708 | 18.6 (16.3–20.9) | 24 | 4.7 (3.6–5.9) | 29 |
| Hainan | 1462 | 18.7 (16.2–21.2) | 25 | 3.1 (2.0–4.2) | 15 |
| Gansu | 1710 | 18.7 (16.5–20.9) | 26 | 3.7 (2.7–4.6) | 21 |
| Xinjiang | 856 | 19.4 (16.4–22.5) | 27 | 3.4 (2.2–4.6) | 17 |
| Chongqing | 1671 | 19.8 (17.4–22.1) | 28 | 3.1 (2.1–4.1) | 16 |
| Henan | 2162 | 24.6 (22.3–26.8) | 29 | 3.6 (2.8–4.5) | 20 |
| Heilongjiang | 1761 | 27.0 (24.5–29.5) | 30 | 6.3 (5.1–7.5) | 31 |
| Shandong | 2167 | 29.1 (26.5–31.6) | 31 | 6.2 (5.0–7.3) | 30 |
Any DR any diabetic retinopathy. VTDR vision-threatening diabetic retinopathy. CI confidence interval.
aData were presented as weighted percentage (95% confidence interval), which were direct standardized by the sex- and age- structure of adults with diabetes aged 18–74 years in China in 2018 from the China Chronic Disease and Risk Factors Surveillance system.
Source data are provided as a Source Data file.