Restoration of Population Disability Trajectory During Hundreds of Years—China,1896–2006

Summary What is already known about this topic?A previous study found that the size of population with disability was 52.7 million and 84.6 million in 1987 and 2006,with the weighted disability rate of 4.9%and 6.5%,respectively.What is added by this report?This study restored the prevalence of disability and its change trajectory in China during 110 years from 1896 to 2006 across 3 centuries.What are the implications for public health practice?This study realized the innovation of cross-sectional data utilization methods and the expansion of the theory of morbidity transformation while making up for the lack of historical data.