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Table 1 Subjects by ethnic group, and examination status, by age and gender

From: Prevalence and causes of blindness, visual impairment among different ethnical minority groups in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, China

Ethnicity

Population in study areas

People selected

People examined

Not available

Refused

Unable

Total examined

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Han

641,783

(46.2)

1775

42.8

1712

(96.5)

45

(2.5)

8

(0.5)

10

(0.6)

1712

100

Kazak

551,318

(39.7)

1837

(44.3)*

1747

(95.1)

80

(4.4)**

6

(0.3)

4

(0.2)

1747

100

Yugur

51,467

(3.7)

108

(2.6)

105

(97.2)

3

(2.8)

0

0.0

0

0.0

105

100

Other

145,862

(10.5)

430

(10.4)

413

(96.1)

11

(2.6)

2

(0.5)

4

(I0.9)

413

100

Total

1,390,430

(100)

4150

(100)

3977

(95.8)

139

(3.4)

16

(0.4)

18

(0.4)

3977

100

 

Male

Female

Total

  

Age

Population in study areas

People Examined

Population in study areas

People Examined

Population in study areas

People Examined

  
 

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

  

50–59 years

11,771

45.4

727

40.2

11,730

44.1

905

41.7

23,501

44.8

1632

41.0

  

60–69 years

8495

32.8

585

32.3

8822

33.2

749

34.5

17,317

33.0

1334

33.5

  

70–79 years

4675

18.0

381

21.1

5020

18.9

387

17.9

9695

18.5

768

19.3

  

80+ years

985

3.8

116

6.4

1012

3.8

127

5.9

1997

3.8

243

6.1

  

Total

25,926

100

1809

100

26,584

100

2168

100

52,510

100

3977

100

  
  1. *It seemed we selected less Han Chinese and more Khazak compared their proportion of total population in study areas (p < 0.5)
  2. **p < 0.01 Khazak people had highest rate of “not available” as they were mostly nomadic