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10 sie 2023 · Key facts. Globally, at least 2.2 billion people have a near or distance vision impairment. In at least 1 billion of these, vision impairment could have been prevented or is yet to be addressed. The leading causes of vision impairment and blindness at a global level are refractive errors and cataracts.
Breakdown of vision loss chart. You can explore these data on Global vision loss predicted by the VLEG/GBD 2020 model in different ways, including: Measure: Crude or age standardised prevalence or numbers affects. Age: All ages or Adults 50+. Gender: Male, Female or Both.
10 sty 2024 · Share of individuals affected with vision loss in Western Europe in 2020, by age and severity. Vision impairments in Central Europe 2020, by age. Number of individuals affected with vision...
There are 77 million (10%) people with vision loss that require ongoing management and treatment, for conditions such as age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy. There are also 295 million people with mild vision loss for which cause data is not available.
Although mild vision impairment causes vision loss in 258 million people, and near vision impairment affects 510 million people, this report is focussed on blindness and moderate to severe vision impairment, due to the availability of more comprehensive datasets. Age: Most data about the causes of vision loss are for adults 50 years and over.
We fitted hierarchical models to estimate prevalence (with 95% uncertainty intervals [UIs]) of moderate and severe vision impairment (MSVI; presenting visual acuity from <6/18 to 3/60) and blindness (<3/60 or less than 10° visual field around central fixation) by cause, age, region, and year.
1 gru 2020 · Findings. In 2020, an estimated 43·3 million (95% UI 37·6–48·4) people were blind, of whom 23·9 million (55%; 20·8–26·8) were estimated to be female.
