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. 2015 Jan 5;25(1):57–65. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20140017

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.