{"id":14835,"date":"2019-08-29T15:28:47","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T07:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zoomax.com\/?p=2897"},"modified":"2026-04-09T11:39:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T03:39:31","slug":"key-facts-about-blindness-and-vision-impairment-infographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zoomax.com\/de\/key-facts-about-blindness-and-vision-impairment-infographic\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Facts About Blindness and Vision Impairment (infographic)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"14835\" class=\"elementor elementor-14835\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28678bf9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"28678bf9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-244b65e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"244b65e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p><strong>Please include attribution to zoomax.com\/ with this graphic.<\/strong><br \/><br \/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20743\" src=\"https:\/\/zoomax.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/KEY-FACTS-About-Blindness-and-Vision-Impairment.webp\" alt=\"key facts about blindness and vision impairment\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zoomax.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/KEY-FACTS-About-Blindness-and-Vision-Impairment.webp 1500w, https:\/\/zoomax.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/KEY-FACTS-About-Blindness-and-Vision-Impairment-300x250.webp 300w, https:\/\/zoomax.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/KEY-FACTS-About-Blindness-and-Vision-Impairment-1024x853.webp 1024w, https:\/\/zoomax.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/KEY-FACTS-About-Blindness-and-Vision-Impairment-768x640.webp 768w, https:\/\/zoomax.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/KEY-FACTS-About-Blindness-and-Vision-Impairment-14x12.webp 14w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary<\/h2>\n\n<p>Some numbers and facts about vision loss from World Health Organization and Vision Atlas.<\/p>\n\n<p>1.3 billion people live with some form of vision impairment globally.<\/p>\n\n<p>With regards to distance vision:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>188.5 million people have mild vision impairment<\/li>\n\n<li>217 million have moderate to severe vision impairment<\/li>\n\n<li>36 million people are blind<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>With regards to distance vision:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>826 million people live with a near vision impairment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Most visually impaired people are 50 years of age and older.<\/p>\n\n<p>80% of all vision impairment is considered avoidable.If you are looking for bracelet. There&#8217;s something to suit every look, from body-hugging to structured, from cuffs to chain chain bracelet and cuffs.<\/p>\n\n<p>Top 5 leading causes of visual impairment are:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Uncorrected Refractive Error: 48.99%<\/li>\n\n<li>Cataract: 25.81%<\/li>\n\n<li>Age-Related Macular Degeneration: 4.10%<\/li>\n\n<li>Glaucoma: 2.78%<\/li>\n\n<li>Corneal Opacity: 1.65%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Source:<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/blindness-and-visual-impairment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/blindness-and-visual-impairment<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/atlas.iapb.org\/global-burden-visionimpairment\/gbvi-global-cause-estimates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/atlas.iapb.org\/global-burden-visionimpairment\/gbvi-global-cause-estimates\/<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some numbers and facts about vision loss from World Health Organization and Vision 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