Table 1.

List of 38 reports on common rheumatic diseases in China between 1974 and 2006

Site of survey [ref.]	Location	Age (Years)	Time	Method	Number			Focus
					Male	Female	Total
Taiwan [4]	Rural island	≥17	1974	Other	2,728	2,901	5,629	RA and AS
4 cities [5]	Urban	≥20	1980	Other	267	235	502	SUA
Changchun [6]	Factory	≥20a,b	1980	Other	27,272	8,825	36,097	RA and AS
Shanghai [7]	Textile factory	≥18c	1984	Other	12,374	20,294	32,668	SLE
Shantou [8]	Rural/urban	≥16	1985	Other	5,632	5,015	10,647	AS
Beijing [9]	Rural	≥20	1987	ILAR	2,090	2,102	4,192	Common RD
Shantou [9]	Rural	≥20	1987	COPCORD	2,384	2,673	5,057	Common RD
Hebei [10]	Coal mine	≥16b	1988	Other	892	108	1,000	OA
Beijing [11]	Urban	40 to 58	1988	Other	1,062	951	2,013	SUA
Beijing [11]	Rural	40 to 58	1988	Other	558	949	1,507	SUA
Heilongjiang [12]	Mountain	≥18a	1989	Other	1,224	1,087	2,311	Common RD
Guangzhou [13]	Urban/rural	21 to 40	1989	Other	12,102	13,590	25,692	SLE
Ningxia [14]	Highland	≥18d	1990	ILAR	5,143	5,277	10,420	Common RD
Shanghai [3]	Urban	≥16	1992	COPCORD	914	1,096	2,010	Common RD
Shantou [15–17]	Urban	≥16	1992	COPCORD	910	812	1,722	OA, BMD and gout
Hong Kong [18]	Urban	≥16	1992	Other	898	1,090	1,988	RA
Taiwan [19]	Urban	≥20	1992	Other	1,534	1,466	3,000	Common RD
Taiwan [19]	Suburban	≥20	1992	Other	1,477	1,523	3,000	Common RD
Taiwan [19]	Rural	≥20	1992	Other	1,555	1,443	2,998	Common RD
Beijing [20]	Rural	≥16c	1994	Other	653	1,410	2,063	Knee OA
Beijing [21]	Suburban	≥16c	1994	Other	611	1,359	2,066	pSS
Taiwan [22]	Mountain	≥18e	1994	Other	145	197	342	SUA and gout
Shantou [23]	Urban	≥16	1995	COPCORD	985	1,055	2,040	Common RD
Taiwan [24]	Island	≥19	1996	Other	2,754	2,953	5,707	SUA and gout
Shandong [25]	Rural	≥16	1996	ILAR	2,695	2,360	5,055	RA and AS
Shanghai [26]	Urban	≥15	1997	COPCORD	913	1,124	2,037	SUA and gout
Shandong [27]	Coast	≥20	1997	Other	8,449	8,595	17,044	Common RD
Shanghai [28]	Urban	≥16	1998	COPCORD	3,190	3,394	6,584	Common RD
Shantou [29,30]	Suburban	≥16	1999	COPCORD	975	1,054	2,029	SpA and gout
Beijing [31]	Urban	≥16	1999	COPCORD	1,025	957	1,982	SpA
Beijing [32]	Urban	≥60	2000	Other	614	878	1,492	Hip OA
Beijing [33]	Urban	≥60	2000	Other	1,004	1,503	2,507	Hand OA
Beijing [34]	Urban	≥60	2000	Other	730	1,051	1,781	Knee OA
Northeast [35]	15 Provincesf	17 to 40g	2000	COPCORD	20,068	0	20,068	AS
Qingdao [36]	Urban	≥20	2002	Other	720	1,303	2,023	SUA
Nanjing [37]	Urban	≥20	2003	Other	3,849	4,039	7,888	SUA and gout
Shanghai [38]	Urban	≥40	2003	COPCORD	894	1,199	2,093	Knee OA
Taiyuan [39–41]	Urban	≥16	2004	COPCORD	1,858	2,057	3,915	Common RD

All mentions of 'OA' in this table refer to symptomatic osteoarthritis (OA). ^aHan and Manchu ethnic. ^bMale>Female. ^cMale<Female. ^dHan and Muslim ethnic. ^eAborigines. ^f11 ethnic. ^gAll male. AS, ankylosing spondylitis; BMD, bone mineral density; COPCORD, Community Oriented Program for Control of Rheumatic Diseases; F, female; ILAR, International League of Associations for Rheumatology; M, male; pSS, primary Sjögren's syndrome; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; RD, rheumatic diseases; SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus; SUA, serum uric acid; SpA, spondyloarthropathy.