Statistics about Age-related macular degeneration
Complication statistics for Age-related macular degeneration:
The following are statistics from various sources
about the complications of Age-related macular degeneration:
- 104,000 people are legally blind from because of age-related macular Degeneration in the US (Research to Prevent Blindness, NISE, NSF)
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Prevalence and incidence statistics for Age-related macular degeneration:
See also prevalence and incidence page 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: approx 1 in 27 or 3.68% or 10 million people in USA [about data]
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: approx 1 in 1,359 or 0.07% or 200,000 people in USA [about data]
Incidence extrapolations for USA for Age-related macular degeneration:
200,000 per year,
16,666 per month,
3,846 per week,
547 per day,
22 per hour,
0 per minute,
0 per second.
Note: this extrapolation calculation uses the incidence statistic: 200,000 people develop neovascular age-related macular degeneration each year in the US (Research to Prevent Blindness, NISE, NSF)
Undiagnosed prevalence of Age-related macular degeneration: 0.5 million in the UK
Undiagnosed prevalence rate:
approx 1 in 120 or 0.83% or 2.3 million people in USA [about data]
Prevalance of Age-related macular degeneration:
It is estimated that AMD already causes visual
impairment in approximately 1.7 million of the 34 million Americans over
age 65. (Source: excerpt from Age-Related Macular Degeneration Status of Research: NEI)
Prevelance statistics about Age-related macular degeneration:
The following statistics relate to the prevalence of Age-related macular degeneration:
Incidence statistics about Age-related macular degeneration:
The following statistics relate to the incidence of Age-related macular degeneration:
Age-related macular degeneration Prevalence: Book Excerpts
About statistics:
This page presents a variety of statistics about Age-related macular degeneration.
The term 'prevalence' of Age-related macular degeneration usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing Age-related macular degeneration at any given time.
The term 'incidence' of Age-related macular degeneration refers to the annual diagnosis rate,
or the number of new cases of Age-related macular degeneration diagnosed each year.
Hence, these two statistics types can differ:
a short-lived 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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