Approximately 16% or 20.5 million Americans 40 years and older have cataracts.
Approximately 2.5% or 5.3 million Americans aged 18 years and older have diabetic retinopathy.
For each decade after 40 there's a 300% increase in blindness.
The leading cause of blindness in children is EYE INJURY and 75% of injuries happen when no adult is present.
Most of these injuries can be prevented by using proper eye protection and following safety precautions.
Over 70% of the U.S. work force requires vision correction.
Approximately 14 million Americans aged 12 years and older have self-reported visual impairment defined as distance visual acuity of 20/50 or worse.
In the U.S., 64% of adults or 143 million people wear prescriptive eyewear.
Protect your eyes. The proper eye protection will lessen the severity or prevent 90% of all accidental eye injuries.
An estimated 3.1% of deaths worldwide are directly or indirectly due to cataract, glaucoma, trachoma & onchocerciasis.
31% of people in the U.S. need vision correction due to presbyopia or age related "farsightedness."
1.6 million Americans aged 50 years and older have age related macular degeneration.
2010 – Blindness by Race:
83% White, 11% Black, 3% Hispanic, 3% Other
There are an estimated 45 million BLIND people and 246 million have LOW VISION.
The global financial cost of childhood blindness is said to be between $6 billion & $27 billion.
Computers are the number one source of vision complaints in the workplace.
Worldwide, up to 70% of childhood blindness is preventable.
An estimated 1.4 million children are blind, 320,000 of whom live in sub-Saharan Africa.
64% of people in the U.S. use eyeglasses.
82% of people living with blindness are aged 50 and above.
2010 – Vision impairment by gender:
64% Female, 36% Male
About 75% of all people over the age of 65 have some form of Cataracts.
Early detection and treatment are the best ways to control cataracts.
2010 – Blindness by gender: 55% Female, 34% Male
Hyperopia or farsightedness is a common vision problem affecting about 25% of the population.
Globally, UNCORRECTED REFRACTIVE ERRORS are the main cause of moderate and severe visual impairment.
Only half of the estimated 61 million adults in the United States, who classify as being at high risk for serious vision loss, have visited an eye doctor in the past year.
80% OF ALL EYE DISEASE IS PREVENTABLE OR CURABLE
Myopia, or nearsightedness, is a common vision problem affecting about 34% of the population.
80% of all learning takes place visually in the first 12 years of life.
Approximately 2% or 2.2 million Americans 40 years and older have glaucoma.
In developing countries, it is believed that 60-80% of children who become blind die within 1-2 years.
90% OF PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND LIVE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WITH LOW INCOME
61% of people in the U.S. need eyewear due to Myopia or "nearsightedness."
48% of parents in the U.S. with children under 12 have never taken their child to an eye care professional
the percentage is much higher in Armenia.
Globally the major causes of visual impairment are:
