Statistics by Country for Age-related macular degeneration

Prevalance of Age-related macular degeneration:

10,000,000 people have reduced vision due to age-related macular degeneration in the US (Research to Prevent Blindness, NISE, NSF)

Prevalance Rate for Age-related macular degeneration:

approx 1 in 27 or 3.68% or 10 million people in USA [about data]

Extrapolation of Prevalence Rate of Age-related macular degeneration to Countries and Regions:

WARNING! EXTRAPOLATION ONLY! NOT BASED ON COUNTRY-SPECIFIC DATA SOURCES. The following table attempts to extrapolate the above prevalence rate for Age-related macular degeneration to the populations of various countries and regions. These prevalence extrapolations for Age-related macular degeneration are only estimates, based on applying the prevalence rates from the US (or a similar country) to the population of other countries, and therefore may have very limited relevance to the actual prevalence of Age-related macular degeneration in any region:

Incidence (annual) of Age-related macular degeneration:

200,000 people develop neovascular age-related macular degeneration each year in the US (Research to Prevent Blindness, NISE, NSF)

Incidence Rate for Age-related macular degeneration: approx 1 in 1,359 or 0.07% or 200,000 people in USA [about data] Extrapolation of Incidence Rate for Age-related macular degeneration to Countries and Regions: WARNING! EXTRAPOLATION ONLY. NOT BASED ON COUNTRY-SPECIFIC DATA SOURCES. The following table attempts to extrapolate the above incidence rate for Age-related macular degeneration to the populations of various countries and regions. As discussed above, these incidence extrapolations for Age-related macular degeneration are only estimates and may have very limited relevance to the actual incidence of Age-related macular degeneration in any region:

Undiagnosed prevalence of Age-related macular degeneration:

Undiagnosed Prevalence Rate for Age-related macular degeneration: approx 1 in 120 or 0.83% or 2.3 million people in USA [about data]

Extrapolation of Undiagnosed-Prevalence Rate for Age-related macular degeneration to Countries and Regions: The following table attempts to extrapolate the above undiagnosed-prevalence rate for Age-related macular degeneration to the populations of various countries and regions. As discussed above, these undiagnosed-prevalence extrapolations for Age-related macular degeneration are only estimates and may have limited relevance to the actual undiagnosed-prevalence of Age-related macular degeneration in any region:

About extrapolations of prevalence and incidence statistics for Age-related macular degeneration:

WARNING! EXTRAPOLATED STATISTICS ONLY! Not based on data sources from individual countries. These statistics are calculated extrapolations of various prevalence or incidence rates against the populations of a particular country or region. The statistics used for prevalence/incidence of Age-related macular degeneration are typically based on US, UK, Canadian or Australian prevalence or incidence statistics, which are then extrapolated using only the population of the other country. This extrapolation calculation is automated and does not take into account any genetic, cultural, environmental, social, racial or other differences across the various countries and regions for which the extrapolated Age-related macular degeneration statistics below refer to. The extrapolation does not use data sources or statistics about any country other than its population. As such, these extrapolations may be highly inaccurate (especially for developing or third-world countries) and only give a general indication (or even a meaningless indication) as to the actual prevalence or incidence of Age-related macular degeneration in that region. These statistics are presented only in the hope that they may be interesting to some people.

About prevalence and incidence statistics in general for Age-related macular degeneration:

The word 'prevalence' of Age-related macular degeneration usually means the estimated population of people who are managing Age-related macular degeneration at any given time (i.e. people with Age-related macular degeneration). The term 'incidence' of Age-related macular degeneration means the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Age-related macular degeneration diagnosed each year (i.e. getting Age-related macular degeneration). Hence, these two statistics types can differ: a short disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence, but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence. For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics.

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