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Low Vision

Low Vision Defined:

Low Vision is defined as the best-corrected visual acuity less than 6/12 (‹20/40) in the better-seeing eye (excluding those who were categorized as being blind by the U.S. definition.)

2010 U.S. Age-Specific Prevalence Rates for Low Vision by Age, and Race/Ethnicity

2010 U.S. age-specific prevalence rates for Low Vision by age, gender, and race/ethnicity

Age	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	All
40-49	0.05%	0.28%	0.17%	0.11%	0.19%
50-54	0.17%	0.52%	0.33%	0.20%	0.28%
55-59	0.40%	0.82%	0.55%	0.31%	0.41%
60-64	0.85%	1.34%	0.93%	0.47%	0.66%
65-69	1.72%	2.24%	1.63%	0.72%	1.13%
70-74	3.15%	3.83%	2.91%	1.10%	2.08%
75-79	5.27%	6.62%	5.25%	1.67%	4.07%
80+	10.36%	16.96%	14.98%	3.46%	17.26%
TOTAL	2.25%	1.25%	1.69%	1.50%	2.04%

2010 Prevalence Rates of Low Vision by Race

Chart Projections 2010 (Low Vision)

	All	White	Black	Hispanic	Other
Prevalence	0.020	0.022	0.012	0.017	0.015

2010 U.S. Prevalent Cases of Low Vision (in thousands) by Age, and Race/Ethnicity

2010 U.S. Prevalent Cases of Vision Impairment (in thousands) by age, gender, and race/ethnicity (Low Vision)

Age	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	All
40-49	58	2	18	6	84
50-54	41	4	12	5	62
55-59	51	9	15	7	82
60-64	68	14	19	9	110
65-69	88	19	22	11	140
70-74	126	26	27	14	193
75-79	214	32	34	18	298
80+	1,690	82	106	62	1,940
TOTAL	2,336	188	253	132	2,909

2010 U.S. Prevalent Cases of Low Vision (in thousands) by Age, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity

2010 U.S. Prevalent Cases of Low Vision (in thousands) by gender.

Female/Age	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	All
40-49	29	1	9	3	42
50-54	21	2	6	3	32
55-59	26	5	8	4	43
60-64	35	8	10	5	58
65-69	46	11	12	6	75
70-74	68	15	15	8	106
75-79	120	20	20	10	170
80+	1,142	57	68	39	1,306
TOTAL	1,487	119	148	78	1,832

Male/Age	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	All
40-49	29	1	9	3	42
50-54	20	2	6	2	30
55-59	25	4	7	3	39
60-64	33	6	9	4	52
65-69	42	8	10	5	65
70-74	58	11	12	6	87
75-79	94	12	14	8	128
80+	548	25	38	23	634
TOTAL	849	69	105	54	1,077

Projections for Low Vision (2010-2030-2050)

Chart Projections 2010 (Low Vision)

Year	All	White	Black	Hispanic	Other
2010	2,907,691	2,336,035	189,553	251,365	130,738
2030	5,000,055	3,577,277	365,637	729,604	327,537
2050	8,913,397	5,794,719	624,657	1,750,069	743,952

Chart Projections 2010 (Low Vision)

Total Population	142,648,393	103,846,437	15,190,777	14,901,369	8,709,810

Changes of Cases between 2000 and 2010

Chart Projections 2010 (Low Vision)

Year	Value	Short Value
2000	2,359,360	2,359
2010	2,907,691	2,908

2000 U.S. Prevalent Cases of Low Vision (in thousands) by Age, and Race/Ethnicity

2000 U.S. Prevalent Cases of Low Vision Chart

Age	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	All
40-49	62	2	11	4	79
50-54	35	3	7	4	49
55-59	37	5	8	4	54
60-64	46	9	10	5	70
65-69	71	15	13	7	106
70-74	128	23	18	10	179
75-79	229	29	22	12	292
80+	1,370	68	58	37	1,533
TOTAL	1,978	154	147	83	2,362

2000 U.S. Prevalent Cases of Low Vision (in thousands) by Age, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity

2000 U.S. Prevalent Cases of Low Vision (in thousands) by gender.

Female/Age	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	All
40-49	31	1	5	2	39
50-54	18	2	4	2	26
55-59	19	3	4	2	28
60-64	24	5	5	3	37
65-69	38	9	7	4	58
70-74	71	14	10	6	101
75-79	135	18	13	7	173
80+	973	48	38	23	1,082
TOTAL	1,309	100	86	49	1,544

Male/Age	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	All
40-49	31	1	6	2	40
50-54	17	1	3	2	23
55-59	18	2	4	2	26
60-64	22	4	5	2	33
65-69	33	6	6	3	48
70-74	57	9	8	4	78
75-79	94	11	9	5	119
80+	397	20	20	14	451
TOTAL	669	54	61	34	818

Low Vision

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2010 U.S. Age-Specific Prevalence Rates for Low Vision by Age, and Race/Ethnicity

2010 Prevalence Rates of Low Vision by Race

2010 U.S. Prevalent Cases of Low Vision (in thousands) by Age, and Race/Ethnicity

2010 U.S. Prevalent Cases of Low Vision (in thousands) by Age, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity

Projections for Low Vision (2010-2030-2050)

Changes of Cases between 2000 and 2010

2000 U.S. Prevalent Cases of Low Vision (in thousands) by Age, and Race/Ethnicity

2000 U.S. Prevalent Cases of Low Vision (in thousands) by Age, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity