Number of People Blind or Visually Impaired by Cataract Worldwide and in World Regions, 1990 to 2010.

Khairallah M, Kahloun R, Bourne R, Limburg H, Flaxman SR, Jonas JB, Keeffe J, Leasher J, Naidoo K, Pesudovs K, Price H, White RA

et al

October 2015

Journal article

Journal:

Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

Volume:

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pp.

6762 - 6769

PurposeTo estimate prevalence and number of people visually impaired or blind due to cataract.MethodsBased on the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2010 and ongoing literature research, we examined how many people were affected by moderate to severe vision impairment (MSVI; presenting visual acuity

Keywords:

Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study

Humans

Blindness

Vision, Low

Cataract

Prevalence

Visual Acuity

Developed Countries

Developing Countries

Aged

Aged, 80 and over