World's blind population to soar about 36 million to 115 million
Most of those affected live in Africa and Asia, a team wrote in The Lancet Global Health journal.
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The world's blind will increase threefold from about 36 million to 115 million in 2050 as populations expand and individuals grow ever older, researchers said on Thursday.
The number of people with a moderate to severe vision impairment - only those not corrected by glasses, contact lenses or an operation - will also near triple, from about 217 million to 588 million over the same period.
Most of those affected live in Africa and Asia, a team wrote in The Lancet Global Health journal. Looking at data from 188 countries, the researchers concluded that the prevalence of blindness - the number of blind per population group - decreased from 0.75 per cent in 1990 to 0.48 per cent in 2015.
The rate of moderate to severe visual impairment declined from 3.83 percent to 2.9 per cent over the same time.
Source: Khaleej Times
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