Author/Editor		Vidovič, N; Kolar, G
Title		Vzroki slepote v Sloveniji
Translated title		The causes of blindness in Slovenia
Type		članek
Source		Zdrav Vars
Vol. and No.		Letnik 34, št. 11-12
Publication year		1995
Volume		str. 545-9
Language		slo
Abstract		The research was based on the analysis of the only Slovenian register of the blind, which is kept by the Association of the Blind and Weak Sighted in Slovenia on the national level. The register compromises 2297 pages of records revised in 1974 for the last time. According to the most frequent causes of blindness as well as to the number of the blind per unit of population and to the age structure of the blind, the results of this research place Slovenia among the developed countries. The prevalence rate of the blind in Slovenia is 115 per 100000 inhabitants. More than 43 percent of the blind are older than 65 years and in the last twenty years the portion of the blind due to macular degeneration in the old age is increasing which is linked to the longer lifespan. The portion of the blind owing to the diabetic retinopathy is also increasing for the same reason.
Summary		Raziskava je nastala na podlagi razčlenitve edinega registra slepih na državni ravni, ki jo vodijo na Zvezi društev slepih in slabovidnih Slovenije. Gre za 2297 popisnih listov, nazadnje revidiranih leta 1974. Tako glede na vzroke slepote kot glede na število slepih na enoto prebivalstva in starostno strukturo slepih nas rezultati raziskave uvrščajo med razvite države. Prevalenca slepih v Sloveniji je 155/100000 prebivalcev. Več kot 43 odst. slepih je starejših od 65 let; v zadnjih dvajsetih letih narašča delež slepih zaradi starostne degeneracije makule, kar je povezano z daljšo življensko dobo. Tudi delež slepih zaradi diabetične retinopatije narašča zaradi istega vzroka.
Descriptors		BLINDNESS INFANT, NEWBORN INFANT CHILD, PRESCHOOL CHILD ADOLESCENCE ADULT MIDDLE AGE AGED SLOVENIA