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4 sty 2024 · By 2050, the overall figure is predicted to have risen to some 1.8 billion people, with a breakdown of 866 million people living with near vision loss, 360 million people with mild vision...
Globally, 1.1 billion people were living with vision loss in 2020. - 43 million people are blind (crude prevalence 0.5%) - 295 million people have moderate to severe visual impairment (crude prevalence 3.7%) - 258 million people have mild visual impairment (crude prevalence 3.3%)
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.
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.
The number of blind people in the global population is predicted to increase to 61 million. The number of people affected by moderate to severe vision impairment is expected to rise to 474 million, with an additional 360 million with mild vision impairment and 866 million with near vision impairment.
1 gru 2020 · We forecast estimates of vision loss up to 2050. 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.
4 lip 2024 · This study provides updated estimates of global and regional vision loss due to URE, presenting temporal change for VISION 2020 Data from population-based eye disease surveys from 1980–2018...
