Eye Diseases Statistics

VISION STATISTICS WORLD WIDE 800 MIL BLIND & VISUALLY IMPAIRED J H R C N O H 517 M 269 M U L Requires Specs B for Reading Visually G O Impaired S W M B W тт OHDCW WAV G. 45 M Blind 1 m 80% Blindness is avoidable, treatable & preventable SE 8 m 145 M Have low vision due to 5 m uncorrected refractive errors 2 m Regular eye exams could transform the lives of millions of people N E Е Р B CEBT L B F D ZL OE U XPGO .5 m CLE O D F BZ P DFTPZEL ODB S W M B WG C PT T 1 m PEOPLE AFFECTED 2 m WOMEN Have greater risk of vision loss than Men 2/3 Blind are women & girls 90% Blind Live in Low Income Countries 82% Visually Impaired are 50+ years of age 12 M Children ages 5-15 are visually impaired because of uncorrected refracted errors P UL D # 4 S W Conditions OHD C WNY 7 WAV that could be easily diagnosed & corrected with glasses, contact lenses, or refracted surgery LOOKING TO THE FUTURE Infectious RE Causes of Blindness are decreasing as a result of Public Health Interventions L C Normal vision Vision with PH diabetic retinopathy Aging Populations & Lifestyle Changes means that chronic blinding conditions such as diabetic retinoapthy are projected to rise exponentially OHD Without Effective Major Intervention the number of Blind people worldwide has been projected to increase to 76 Million by the year 2020 1 VISION 2020: The Right to Sight Blindness and Vision Impairment Global Facts, http://www.vision2020.org/main.cfm?type= April 1, 2010) 2 World Health Organization, Visual Impairment and Blindness Fact Sheet N'282, http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs282/en/2009) 3 World Health Organization, Onchocerciasis, http://www.who.int/topics/onchocerciasis/en/ (Updated May 2009) 4 World Health Organization, What is A Refractive Error Online Q&A, http://www.who.int/features/qa/45/en/index.html (Updated May 2009) 5 Brian Holden Vision Institute, Global Eye Care Needs, http://www.brienholdenvision.org/resources/global-eye-care-needs.html NATIONWIDE VISION NA VISION STATISTICS WORLD WIDE 800 MIL BLIND & VISUALLY IMPAIRED J H R C N O H 517 M 269 M U L Requires Specs B for Reading Visually G O Impaired S W M B W тт OHDCW WAV G. 45 M Blind 1 m 80% Blindness is avoidable, treatable & preventable SE 8 m 145 M Have low vision due to 5 m uncorrected refractive errors 2 m Regular eye exams could transform the lives of millions of people N E Е Р B CEBT L B F D ZL OE U XPGO .5 m CLE O D F BZ P DFTPZEL ODB S W M B WG C PT T 1 m PEOPLE AFFECTED 2 m WOMEN Have greater risk of vision loss than Men 2/3 Blind are women & girls 90% Blind Live in Low Income Countries 82% Visually Impaired are 50+ years of age 12 M Children ages 5-15 are visually impaired because of uncorrected refracted errors P UL D # 4 S W Conditions OHD C WNY 7 WAV that could be easily diagnosed & corrected with glasses, contact lenses, or refracted surgery LOOKING TO THE FUTURE Infectious RE Causes of Blindness are decreasing as a result of Public Health Interventions L C Normal vision Vision with PH diabetic retinopathy Aging Populations & Lifestyle Changes means that chronic blinding conditions such as diabetic retinoapthy are projected to rise exponentially OHD Without Effective Major Intervention the number of Blind people worldwide has been projected to increase to 76 Million by the year 2020 1 VISION 2020: The Right to Sight Blindness and Vision Impairment Global Facts, http://www.vision2020.org/main.cfm?type= April 1, 2010) 2 World Health Organization, Visual Impairment and Blindness Fact Sheet N'282, http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs282/en/2009) 3 World Health Organization, Onchocerciasis, http://www.who.int/topics/onchocerciasis/en/ (Updated May 2009) 4 World Health Organization, What is A Refractive Error Online Q&A, http://www.who.int/features/qa/45/en/index.html (Updated May 2009) 5 Brian Holden Vision Institute, Global Eye Care Needs, http://www.brienholdenvision.org/resources/global-eye-care-needs.html NATIONWIDE VISION NA