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Visual Impairment and Blindness 2010 Estimates:millionpeopleareaffectedvisualimpairment.geographicaldistributionVisualImpairmentunevenworld. 0.6%0.7%AFRAMREMREURSEAR{India}WPR{China}ChinaIndia PrevalenceLoss(all Prevalence S.P.Mariotti,Pascolini,Ophthalmol.May;96(5):614 estimatedthatnextyearsagedgrowRegionsparticularlyEastEasternMediterraneantakenpreventcureimpairments 1,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,0009,000201020122014201620182019Populationmillions WorldPopulation:(inthousands WorldPopulation:Personsmoreyears(inthousands)1,931M :+:+ worldpopulationgrow AFRAMREMREURSEAR{India}WPR{China}ChinaIndia peopleyears('000)ratiorates PopulationGrowthAgeing S.P.Mariotti,Pascolini,Ophthalmol.May;96(5):614 IntheLowandMiddleIncomecountriesgrouptheprevalenceofVIprevalenceishigher countries/regionsinvestmentscorrespondlowerprevalenceimpairment. ‐ expenditure forold (Prevalenceadults LowincomeLowerincomeUppermiddleincomeHighincome economicdevelopment,Investmentimpairments S.P.Mariotti,Pascolini,Ophthalmol.May;96(5):614 WorldPopulationestimatesprojections.Revision.UnitedNations,DepartmentEconomicAffairs,PopulationWorldPopulationProspects:Revision.http://apps.who.int/gho/data/view.main :Basedhttp://data.worldbank.org/about/country http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2012/02/weodata/index.asp into Disclaimer:TheboundariesandnamesshownandthedesignationsusedonthismapdonotimplytheexpressionofanyopinionwhatsoeveronthepartoftheWorldHealthOrganizationconcerningthelegalstatusofanycountry,territory,cityorareaorofitsauthoritiesorconcerningthedelimitationofitsfrontiersorboundaries.Dottedanddashedlinesonmapsrepresentapproximateborderlinesforwhichtheremaynotyetbefullagreement. References Visual Impairment and Blindness 2010 Estimates:millionpeopleareaffectedimpairment*. S.P.Mariotti,Pascolini,Ophthalmol.May;96(5):614 Impairmentisavoidable(canbepreventedorcured) UncorrectedErrorTrachomaGlaucomamaculardegeneration(AMD)Childhoodblindness CataractCornealOpacitiesImpairment CataractUncorrectedRefractiveerrorsareleadingcausesAvoidableVisualImpairment. degenerationRefractiveOther Corneal UnoperatedCataractandareleadingcausesAvoidableBlindness.