Monitoring of iodine deficiency disorders in Shenyang City from 2005-2010

[Objective]To understand the iodine nutrition situation of residents in Shenyang City from 2005-2010,to identify the existing problem timely,and provide evidence for government to develop iodine deficiency disorders control strategies.[Methods]In accordance with the requirements of theNational Iodine Deficiency Disorders Surveillance Program,wholesale enterprises and residents were selected as iodized salt monitoring objects,children aged 8-10 years and adults were recruited as disease monitoring objects.[Results] Iodized salt passing rate and batches passing rate of Shenyang municipal and county level iodized salt wholesale enterprises were all 100%.Passing rate of iodized salt among residents,coverage rate of iodized salt and consumption rate of qualified iodized salt were all above 95%,non-iodized salt rate was less than 3%.Goiter rate of children by palpation was lower than 5% since 2005.The median of urinary iodine was not significantly different between children and adults,it was at the appropriate level of iodine nutrition,urinary iodine 50 μg / L accounted for 0.8%.[Conclusion]The iodized salt monitoring results over years shows that iodine nutrition levels of residents have been steady within national standards of iodine deficiency elimination in Shenyang City