Twenty-year trends in the prevalence of disability in China

• Main Authors: Xiaoying Zheng (Author), Gong Chen (Author), Xinming Song (Author), Jufen Liu (Author), Lijing Yan (Author), Wei Du (Author), Lihua Pang (Author), Lei Zhang (Author), Jilei Wu (Author), Bingzi Zhang (Author), Jun Zhang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2011-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate changes in the age-adjusted prevalence of disability in transitional China from 1987 to 2006. METHODS: Data from nationally representative surveys conducted in 1987 and 2006 were used to calculate age-adjusted disability prevalence rates by applying appropriate sample weights...