Site of survey [ref.]
|
Location
|
Age (Years)
|
Time
|
Method
|
Number
|
Focus
|
---|
| | | | |
Male
|
Female
|
Total
| |
---|
Taiwan [4]
|
Rural island
|
≥17
|
1974
|
Other
|
2,728
|
2,901
|
5,629
|
RA and AS
|
4 cities [5]
|
Urban
|
≥20
|
1980
|
Other
|
267
|
235
|
502
|
SUA
|
Changchun [6]
|
Factory
|
≥20a,b
|
1980
|
Other
|
27,272
|
8,825
|
36,097
|
RA and AS
|
Shanghai [7]
|
Textile factory
|
≥18c
|
1984
|
Other
|
12,374
|
20,294
|
32,668
|
SLE
|
Shantou [8]
|
Rural/urban
|
≥16
|
1985
|
Other
|
5,632
|
5,015
|
10,647
|
AS
|
Beijing [9]
|
Rural
|
≥20
|
1987
|
ILAR
|
2,090
|
2,102
|
4,192
|
Common RD
|
Shantou [9]
|
Rural
|
≥20
|
1987
|
COPCORD
|
2,384
|
2,673
|
5,057
|
Common RD
|
Hebei [10]
|
Coal mine
|
≥16b
|
1988
|
Other
|
892
|
108
|
1,000
|
OA
|
Beijing [11]
|
Urban
|
40 to 58
|
1988
|
Other
|
1,062
|
951
|
2,013
|
SUA
|
Beijing [11]
|
Rural
|
40 to 58
|
1988
|
Other
|
558
|
949
|
1,507
|
SUA
|
Heilongjiang [12]
|
Mountain
|
≥18a
|
1989
|
Other
|
1,224
|
1,087
|
2,311
|
Common RD
|
Guangzhou [13]
|
Urban/rural
|
21 to 40
|
1989
|
Other
|
12,102
|
13,590
|
25,692
|
SLE
|
Ningxia [14]
|
Highland
|
≥18d
|
1990
|
ILAR
|
5,143
|
5,277
|
10,420
|
Common RD
|
Shanghai [3]
|
Urban
|
≥16
|
1992
|
COPCORD
|
914
|
1,096
|
2,010
|
Common RD
|
Shantou [15–17]
|
Urban
|
≥16
|
1992
|
COPCORD
|
910
|
812
|
1,722
|
OA, BMD and gout
|
Hong Kong [18]
|
Urban
|
≥16
|
1992
|
Other
|
898
|
1,090
|
1,988
|
RA
|
Taiwan [19]
|
Urban
|
≥20
|
1992
|
Other
|
1,534
|
1,466
|
3,000
|
Common RD
|
Taiwan [19]
|
Suburban
|
≥20
|
1992
|
Other
|
1,477
|
1,523
|
3,000
|
Common RD
|
Taiwan [19]
|
Rural
|
≥20
|
1992
|
Other
|
1,555
|
1,443
|
2,998
|
Common RD
|
Beijing [20]
|
Rural
|
≥16c
|
1994
|
Other
|
653
|
1,410
|
2,063
|
Knee OA
|
Beijing [21]
|
Suburban
|
≥16c
|
1994
|
Other
|
611
|
1,359
|
2,066
|
pSS
|
Taiwan [22]
|
Mountain
|
≥18e
|
1994
|
Other
|
145
|
197
|
342
|
SUA and gout
|
Shantou [23]
|
Urban
|
≥16
|
1995
|
COPCORD
|
985
|
1,055
|
2,040
|
Common RD
|
Taiwan [24]
|
Island
|
≥19
|
1996
|
Other
|
2,754
|
2,953
|
5,707
|
SUA and gout
|
Shandong [25]
|
Rural
|
≥16
|
1996
|
ILAR
|
2,695
|
2,360
|
5,055
|
RA and AS
|
Shanghai [26]
|
Urban
|
≥15
|
1997
|
COPCORD
|
913
|
1,124
|
2,037
|
SUA and gout
|
Shandong [27]
|
Coast
|
≥20
|
1997
|
Other
|
8,449
|
8,595
|
17,044
|
Common RD
|
Shanghai [28]
|
Urban
|
≥16
|
1998
|
COPCORD
|
3,190
|
3,394
|
6,584
|
Common RD
|
Shantou [29,30]
|
Suburban
|
≥16
|
1999
|
COPCORD
|
975
|
1,054
|
2,029
|
SpA and gout
|
Beijing [31]
|
Urban
|
≥16
|
1999
|
COPCORD
|
1,025
|
957
|
1,982
|
SpA
|
Beijing [32]
|
Urban
|
≥60
|
2000
|
Other
|
614
|
878
|
1,492
|
Hip OA
|
Beijing [33]
|
Urban
|
≥60
|
2000
|
Other
|
1,004
|
1,503
|
2,507
|
Hand OA
|
Beijing [34]
|
Urban
|
≥60
|
2000
|
Other
|
730
|
1,051
|
1,781
|
Knee OA
|
Northeast [35]
|
15 Provincesf
|
17 to 40g
|
2000
|
COPCORD
|
20,068
|
0
|
20,068
|
AS
|
Qingdao [36]
|
Urban
|
≥20
|
2002
|
Other
|
720
|
1,303
|
2,023
|
SUA
|
Nanjing [37]
|
Urban
|
≥20
|
2003
|
Other
|
3,849
|
4,039
|
7,888
|
SUA and gout
|
Shanghai [38]
|
Urban
|
≥40
|
2003
|
COPCORD
|
894
|
1,199
|
2,093
|
Knee OA
|
Taiyuan [39–41]
|
Urban
|
≥16
|
2004
|
COPCORD
|
1,858
|
2,057
|
3,915
|
Common RD
|
- All mentions of 'OA' in this table refer to symptomatic osteoarthritis (OA). aHan and Manchu ethnic. bMale>Female. cMale<Female. dHan and Muslim ethnic. eAborigines. f11 ethnic. gAll male. AS, ankylosing spondylitis; BMD, bone mineral density; COPCORD, Community Oriented Program for Control of Rheumatic Diseases; F, female; ILAR, International League of Associations for Rheumatology; M, male; pSS, primary Sjögren's syndrome; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; RD, rheumatic diseases; SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus; SUA, serum uric acid; SpA, spondyloarthropathy.