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Prevalence Statistics for Types of Eye conditions

Prevalence Statistics for Types of Eye conditions

The information below shows a list of types of Eye conditions, with information as to the prevalence of each of these types. Estimates of the people affected are calculated based on the available statistic.

Disease Prevalence Estimate US people estimate Statistic Used for Calculation
Retinal conditions approx 1 in 151 or 0.66% or 1.8 million people in USA 1,799,999 1,800,000 people have severely impaired vision because of retinal disease in the US (Research to Prevent Blindness, NISE, NSF)
Lens conditions N/A N/A No information
Uvea conditions N/A N/A No information
Corneal conditions approx 1 in 24 or 4.04% or 11 million people in USA 10,999,999 11,000,000 people experience corneal disorders such as herpes or dry eye in the US (Research to Prevent Blindness, NISE, NSF)
Accidental Eye Injury N/A N/A No information
Age-related macular degeneration approx 1 in 27 or 3.68% or 10 million people in USA 9,999,999 10,000,000 people have reduced vision due to age-related macular degeneration in the US (Research to Prevent Blindness, NISE, NSF)
Anisometropia N/A N/A No information
Astigmatism approx 1 in 6 or 16.54% or 45 million people in USA 44,999,998 45 million Americans (dubious estimate based on "two thirds of people with myopia also have astigmatism")
Autoimmune eye diseases N/A N/A No information
Autoimmune uveitis approx 1 in 58,658 or 0.00% or 4,637 people in USA 4,637 4,637 people in the USA 1996 1
Benign essential blepharospasm N/A N/A No information
Black eye N/A N/A No information
Blepharitis N/A N/A No information
Blindness approx 1 in 247 or 0.40% or 1.1 million people in USA 1,099,999 1,100,000 people are legally blind in the US (Research to Prevent Blindness, NISE, NSF)
Cataracts approx 1 in 49 or 2.02% or 5.5 million people in USA 5,499,999 5,500,000 people have a cataract interfering with their vision in the US (Research to Prevent Blindness, NISE, NSF)
Choroiditis N/A N/A No information
Closed-angle glaucoma N/A N/A No information
Color blindness approx 1 in 76 or 1.30% or 3.5 million people in USA 3,535,999 13 per 1000 - NHIS95
Conjunctivitis N/A N/A No information
Corneal Dystrophies approx 1 in 64,761 or 0.00% or 4,200 people in USA 4,200 4,200 people have reduced vision because of corneal dystrophies in the US (Research to Prevent Blindness, NISE, NSF)
Corneal ulcer N/A N/A No information
Dacryocystitis N/A N/A No information
Deuteranopia approx 1 in 100 or 1.00% or 2.7 million people in USA 2,720,000 about 1% of white males
Diabetic Lens Osmosis N/A N/A No information
Diabetic Retinopathy N/A N/A No information
Dichromasy N/A N/A No information
Dry Eye N/A N/A No information
Eye cancer N/A N/A No information
Eye foreign body N/A N/A No information
Fuchs' Dystrophy N/A N/A No information
Glaucoma approx 1 in 136 or 0.74% or 2 million people in USA 1,999,999 2,000,000 people are visually impaired by glaucoma in the US (Research to Prevent Blindness, NISE, NSF)
Headache-free migraine N/A N/A No information
Hemangioblastoma N/A N/A No information
Hyperopia approx 1 in 4 or 22.40% or 60.9 million people in USA 60,927,998 22.4% of population self-reported having long-sightedness in Australia 2001 (ABS 2001 National Health Survey, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
Hyphema N/A N/A No information
Iridocorneal Endothelial Syndrome N/A N/A No information
Keratitis N/A N/A No information
Keratoconus approx 1 in 2,000 or 0.05% or 136,000 people in USA 136,000 1-in-2000 Americans
Lattice dystrophy N/A N/A No information
Leber's hereditary optic atrophy N/A N/A No information
Macular hole N/A N/A No information
Map-dot-fingerprint dystrophy N/A N/A No information
Melanoma N/A N/A No information
Myopia approx 1 in 3 or 25.74% or 70 million people in USA 70,000,000 70 million Americans; over 25 percent of all adult Americans.
Neonatal ophthalmitis N/A N/A No information
Neurofibromatosis-2 approx 1 in 25,000 or 0.00% or 10,880 people in USA 10,880 1 per 25,000 people suffer from neurofibromatosis type 2, Genetics Home Reference website
Ocular Herpes approx 1 in 679 or 0.15% or 400,000 people in USA 400,000 400,000 Americans have had some form
Ocular histoplasmosis syndrome N/A N/A No information
Open-angle glaucoma approx 1 in 90 or 1.10% or 3 million people in USA 2,999,999 about 3 million Americans, many not yet diagnosed.
Ophthalmitis N/A N/A No information
Opththalmoplegia N/A N/A No information
Optic neuritis N/A N/A No information
Presbyopia approx 1 in 11 or 9.00% or 24.5 million people in USA 24,480,000 9.0% of population self-reported having presbyopia in Australia 2001 (ABS 2001 National Health Survey, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
Progressive external ophthalmoplegia N/A N/A No information
Protanopia approx 1 in 100 or 1.00% or 2.7 million people in USA 2,720,000 about 1% of white males
Pterygium N/A N/A No information
Red-green color blindness approx 1 in 20 or 5.00% or 13.6 million people in USA 13,600,000 about 10% of males
Refractive Eye Disorders approx 1 in 2 or 44.12% or 120 million people in USA 119,999,995 120 million people
Reiter’s syndrome N/A N/A No information
Retinal detachment N/A N/A No information
Retinoblastoma approx 1 in 33 or 3.00% or 8.2 million people in USA 8,160,000 3% of cancers in children under the age of 15 are due to retinoblastomas, Genetics Home Reference website
Retinopathy of prematurity N/A N/A No information
Sarcoidosis approx 1 in 5,000 or 0.02% or 54,400 people in USA 54,399 20 per 100,000 overall; 5 in 100,000 white people; 40 out of 100,000 black people; Scandinavia 64 out of 100,000 people
Sjogren's Syndrome approx 1 in 272 or 0.37% or 1 million people in USA 999,999 1 to 4 million people with Sjogren’s Syndrome (NIAMS)
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome N/A N/A No information
Sticky eye N/A N/A No information
Subconjunctival hemorrhage N/A N/A No information
Sympathetic ophthalmitis N/A N/A No information
Tapeworms N/A N/A No information
Trachoma N/A N/A No information
Usher Syndrome approx 1 in 17,000 or 0.01% or 16,000 people in USA 16,000 16,000 Americans
Uveitis approx 1 in 118 or 0.85% or 2.3 million people in USA 2,299,999 2,300,000 people suffer uveitis in the US (Research to Prevent Blindness, NISE, NSF)
Vision Impairment approx 1 in 113 or 0.88% or 2.4 million people in USA 2,400,000 2.4 million Americans
Vitamin A deficiency N/A N/A No information
Diabetic Eye Disease N/A N/A No information
Conjunctival disorders N/A N/A No information
Posterior vitreous detachment N/A N/A No information
Retinopathy N/A N/A No information
Scleritis N/A N/A No information
Vitiligo approx 1 in 136 or 0.74% or 2 million people in USA 1,999,999 2 to 5 million people in the USA (1-2% worldwide); 1,059,560 people in the USA 1996 1
Vitreous detachment N/A N/A No information
Chronic eye diseases N/A N/A No information

Prevalence Statistics for Eye conditions

Prevelance statistics about Eye conditions:

The following statistics relate to the prevalence of Eye conditions:

  • 20.4 million noninstitutionalised adults had vision problems in the US 2001 (Summary Health Statistics for US Adults, National Health Interview Survey, 1999 and 2001, NCHS, CDC)
  • 10% of noninstitutionalised adults had vision problems in the US 2001 (Summary Health Statistics for US Adults, National Health Interview Survey, 1999 and 2001, NCHS, CDC)
  • 1,100,000 people are legally blind in the US (Research to Prevent Blindness, NISE, NSF)
  • 42,000,000 people are blind worldwide (Research to Prevent Blindness, NISE, NSF)
  • 97% of all blindness results from common eye diseases in the US (Research to Prevent Blindness, NISE, NSF)
  • 100,000,000 people have trouble seeing without corrective lenses in the US (Research to Prevent Blindness, NISE, NSF)
  • 80,000 people suffer from potentially blinding eye diseases in the US (Research to Prevent Blindness, NISE, NSF)
  • 14,000,000 people have severe visual conditions that cannot be fixed by glasses in the US (Research to Prevent Blindness, NISE, NSF)
  • 2,800,000 people are visually handicapped due to colour blindness in the US (Research to Prevent Blindness, NISE, NSF)

Types of Eye conditions

For more information about types of Eye conditions, refer to our section on types of Eye conditions.

About prevalence:

The medical term 'prevalence' of Eye conditions usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Eye conditions at any given time, whereas the annual diagnosis rate of new cases of Eye conditions is called the 'incidence'. For more information on prevalence and incidence statistics, see about prevalence and incidence statistics.



Footnotes:
1. Rose and Mackay, 1998, The Autoimmune Diseases, Third Edition


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