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In 2020, 1.85 million people were estimated to be blind due to age-related macular degeneration, and another 6.23 million with moderate and severe vision impairment globally.
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.
4 lip 2024 · Results. In 2020, 1.85 million (95%UI: 1.35 to 2.43 million) people were estimated to be blind due to AMD, and another 6.23 million (95%UI: 5.04 to 7.58) with MSVI globally. High-income...
4 lip 2024 · Results. In 2020, 3.7 million people (95%UI 3.10–4.29) were blind and 157 million (140–176) had MSVI due to URE, a 21.8% increase in blindness and 72.0% increase in MSVI since 2000....
16 lut 2021 · With an ageing global population, vision impairment has risen to the forefront as a pronounced public health concern. 1 In 2020, 1·1 billion people had distance vision impairment or uncorrected presbyopia. 2 By 2050, this figure is expected to increase to 1·8 billion people.
1 gru 2020 · 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.
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.
