Table 1. Daily ambient erythemal UVR and DALY rates of cataracts in 31 regions of China (sorted by DALYs/100 000 of all age groups).
Regions | Group | UVR (J/m2) |
DALYs/100 000 | ||||||||
All age groups | Age group | ||||||||||
latitude | altitude | Male | Female | Agr | N-Agr | Total | 0–64 | 65–74 | ≥75 | ||
Beijing | 3 | 3 | 2385 | 25 | 47 | 50 | 29 | 36 | 4 | 178 | 402 |
Tianjin | 3 | 3 | 2381 | 32 | 62 | 42 | 51 | 47 | 12 | 307 | 495 |
Heilongjiang | 3 | 3 | 1729 | 48 | 55 | 63 | 31 | 51 | 28 | 323 | 364 |
Shanghai | 2 | 3 | 2797 | 32 | 78 | 55 | 56 | 56 | 24 | 186 | 516 |
Chongqing | 2 | 2 | 2553 | 69 | 84 | 82 | 55 | 76 | 29 | 344 | 610 |
Liaoning | 3 | 3 | 2217 | 44 | 111 | 94 | 49 | 77 | 26 | 514 | 625 |
Shanxi | 2 | 3 | 2731 | 43 | 146 | 103 | 79 | 94 | 41 | 535 | 1025 |
Zhejiang | 1 | 3 | 2867 | 66 | 127 | 99 | 87 | 96 | 15 | 412 | 1082 |
Inner Mongolia | 3 | 2 | 2316 | 84 | 122 | 104 | 102 | 103 | 61 | 456 | 751 |
Hebei | 2 | 3 | 2463 | 72 | 152 | 130 | 42 | 112 | 49 | 604 | 961 |
Jilin | 3 | 3 | 2026 | 74 | 155 | 150 | 75 | 114 | 54 | 639 | 837 |
Guizhou | 1 | 2 | 2797 | 71 | 197 | 139 | 60 | 124 | 29 | 880 | 1782 |
Shaanxi | 2 | 2 | 2762 | 120 | 157 | 158 | 50 | 133 | 55 | 723 | 1317 |
Hunan | 1 | 3 | 2775 | 102 | 190 | 160 | 68 | 138 | 61 | 593 | 1033 |
Hubei | 2 | 3 | 2721 | 104 | 207 | 154 | 112 | 144 | 61 | 790 | 1193 |
Shandong | 2 | 3 | 2614 | 88 | 223 | 171 | 69 | 155 | 45 | 944 | 1556 |
Jiangsu | 2 | 3 | 2708 | 124 | 205 | 192 | 73 | 156 | 32 | 666 | 1730 |
Ningxia | 2 | 2 | 3026 | 179 | 160 | 188 | 113 | 164 | 61 | 1658 | 2027 |
Xinjiang | 3 | 2 | 3185 | 90 | 255 | 210 | 96 | 169 | 93 | 1126 | 1494 |
Henan | 2 | 3 | 2700 | 126 | 223 | 188 | 79 | 170 | 48 | 1029 | 2140 |
Jiangxi | 1 | 3 | 2912 | 120 | 259 | 184 | 106 | 173 | 48 | 1212 | 1919 |
Fujian | 1 | 3 | 3105 | 113 | 264 | 194 | 159 | 188 | 37 | 1133 | 2252 |
Anhui | 2 | 3 | 2731 | 131 | 251 | 217 | 61 | 188 | 63 | 925 | 1766 |
Qinghai | 2 | 1 | 4659 | 172 | 205 | 202 | 135 | 189 | 60 | 1397 | 3058 |
Gansu | 2 | 2 | 3327 | 166 | 240 | 232 | 124 | 189 | 80 | 1569 | 1831 |
Guangdong | 1 | 3 | 3281 | 135 | 338 | 230 | 133 | 203 | 41 | 1397 | 2408 |
Hainan | 1 | 3 | 3913 | 168 | 347 | 299 | 113 | 233 | 42 | 1572 | 2637 |
Guangxi | 1 | 3 | 3106 | 186 | 324 | 280 | 154 | 254 | 47 | 1474 | 2885 |
Sichuan | 2 | 2 | 3825 | 228 | 340 | 290 | 152 | 255 | 79 | 1285 | 2067 |
Yunnan | 1 | 2 | 3961 | 277 | 506 | 305 | 157 | 282 | 79 | 2271 | 3393 |
Xizang | 2 | 1 | 4867 | 25 | 47 | 365 | 671 | 394 | 215 | 1927 | 5379 |
Total | — | — | — | 105 | 196 | 177 | 81 | 150 | 47 | 854 | 1510 |
Agr, agricultural population; DALY, disability-adjusted life years; N-Agr, non-agricultural population; UVR, ultraviolet radiation.