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Burden of Eye Disease in Latinos and Asians in the US

Burden of Eye Disease in Latinos and Asians in the US. Rohit Varma, MD, MPH Professor of Ophthalmology Preventive Medicine Director, Glaucoma Service University of Southern California Los Angeles, California. Latinos/Hispanics. Who is Latino?. Census Definition Self Reported

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Burden of Eye Disease in Latinos and Asians in the US

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  1. Burden of Eye Disease in Latinos and Asians in the US Rohit Varma, MD, MPH Professor of Ophthalmology Preventive Medicine Director, Glaucoma Service University of Southern California Los Angeles, California

  2. Latinos/Hispanics

  3. Who is Latino? • Census Definition • Self Reported • Latino, Hispanic, Hispanic-American • Spanish Speaking • Primarily Mexican ancestry

  4. Prevalence of Visual Impairment(BCVA < 20/40-Better Eye)

  5. Prevalence of Blindness (BCVA < 20/200-Better Eye)

  6. Comparison of Age-Specific Prevalence (%) of Visual Impairment in Latinos with African-Americans and Caucasians

  7. Prevalence of All Lens Changes

  8. Prevalence of Any Age-Related Macular Degeneration

  9. Prevalence of Open-Angle Glaucoma

  10. Comparison of prevalence of Glaucoma in LALES Latinos and African-Americans and Whites in the Baltimore Eye Study

  11. Prevalence of Any Diabetic Retinopathy

  12. Additional LALES findings LALES found that.. • Only 57% of the participants reported ever visiting an eye doctor. • Only 21% visited an eye doctor annually.

  13. Additional LALES findings LALES found that.. • One in five participants with diabetes was newly diagnosed during the LALES examination, and 25% of these participants were found to have diabetic retinopathy. • 3 out 4 (75%) Latinos with glaucoma were undiagnosed before participating in LALES.

  14. Prevalence of Undetected Eye Disease

  15. Projected # of Latinos with Any Undetected Eye Disease

  16. Total costs of visual impairment in 2005 were estimated as $173 billion.$69.6 billion Financial costs$103 billion - Value of the healthy life lost

  17. Chinese Americans

  18. Asians are the fastest growing racial group in the US with a 48% increase from 1990-2000.As of 2000, 11.9 million persons in the US considered themselves to be Asian.Estimated that this population will grow by 350% by the year 2050

  19. No population-based prevalence data is present on the burden of Eye disease in Asians.

  20. Data from studies in Singapore and China suggest the Asians have comparatively lower rates of visual impairment then non-Hispanic Whites.Asians have high rates of myopia, myopic retinopathy, angle closure glaucoma and a different form of macular degeneration.In Asians the rates of diabetes, diabetic retinopahy, open angle glaucoma, cataracts are similar to those of non-Hispanic Whites.

  21. Chinese American Eye Study (CHES) Department of Ophthalmology Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California Los Angeles, California

  22. The Overall Goal of CHES is to: • To determine the prevalence of visual impairment and major eye diseases. • To improve our understanding of the biology of these age-related eye diseases. • To help in planning preventive, rehabilitative and eye care services.

  23. LOS ANGELES Nine targeted census tracts

  24. Thank you

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