Myopia

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

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

Age	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	All
40-49	40.53%	20.04%	23.01%	28.44%	34.52%
50-54	28.33%	14.70%	16.84%	20.06%	24.93%
55-59	22.99%	12.21%	14.53%	16.76%	20.63%
60-64	19.44%	10.40%	13.12%	14.62%	17.75%
65-69	17.28%	9.12%	12.44%	13.34%	15.95%
70-74	16.23%	8.42%	12.44%	12.82%	15.06%
75-79	16.13%	8.31%	13.19%	12.99%	15.13%
80+	18.37%	10.25%	17.07%	15.13%	17.60%
TOTAL	26.38%	14.51%	18.28%	20.65%	23.92%

Female/Age	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	All
40-49	45.09%	18.18%	25.12%	29.16%	37.52%
50-54	30.50%	13.26%	17.00%	20.55%	26.24%
55-59	23.98%	11.42%	14.27%	17.19%	21.18%
60-64	19.62%	10.34%	12.78%	15.02%	17.81%
65-69	16.88%	9.84%	12.28%	13.75%	15.65%
70-74	15.41%	9.87%	12.67%	13.27%	14.54%
75-79	14.98%	10.45%	14.04%	13.49%	14.44%
80+	17.09%	13.44%	19.78%	15.87%	16.92%
TOTAL	27.39%	13.77%	19.10%	21.08%	24.63%

Male/Age	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	All
40-49	35.96%	22.12%	20.97%	27.64%	31.47%
50-54	26.12%	16.34%	16.67%	19.49%	23.56%
55-59	21.95%	13.14%	14.81%	16.27%	20.04%
60-64	19.25%	10.47%	13.50%	14.15%	17.70%
65-69	17.71%	8.20%	12.63%	12.86%	16.28%
70-74	17.17%	6.37%	12.14%	12.28%	15.67%
75-79	17.57%	4.92%	12.00%	12.31%	16.03%
80+	20.57%	3.28%	12.55%	13.91%	18.80%
TOTAL	25.26%	15.41%	17.41%	20.16%	23.12%

Chart Projections 2010 (Myopia)

	All	White	Black	Hispanic	Other
Prevalence	0.239	0.264	0.145	0.183	0.207

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

Age	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	All
40-49	11,580	1,074	1,488	910	15,052
50-54	4,472	388	411	287	5,558
55-59	3,322	264	268	202	4,056
60-64	2,492	172	180	142	2,986
65-69	1,673	105	118	88	1,984
70-74	1,178	70	87	62	1,397
75-79	945	50	68	44	1,107
80+	1,728	81	106	63	1,978
TOTAL	27,390	2,204	2,726	1,798	34,118

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

Female/Age	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	All
40-49	6,449	514	798	492	8,253
50-54	2,430	186	209	157	2,982
55-59	1,766	134	136	112	2,148
60-64	1,290	94	93	79	1,556
65-69	854	64	64	49	1,031
70-74	599	48	50	35	732
75-79	490	39	42	26	597
80+	1,019	73	77	41	1,210
TOTAL	14,897	1,152	1,469	991	18,509

Male/Age	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	All
40-49	5,131	560	690	418	6,799
50-54	2,042	202	202	130	2,576
55-59	1,556	130	132	90	1,908
60-64	1,202	78	87	63	1,430
65-69	819	41	54	39	953
70-74	579	22	37	27	665
75-79	455	11	26	18	510
80+	709	8	29	22	768
TOTAL	12,493	1,052	1,257	807	15,609

Chart Projections 2010 (Myopia)

Year	All	White	Black	Hispanic	Other
2010	34,119,279	27,391,291	2,204,294	2,724,715	1,798,978
2030	39,094,141	28,034,771	2,840,018	5,177,235	3,042,117
2050	44,496,229	27,787,556	3,380,636	8,695,907	4,632,129

Chart Projections 2010 (Myopia)

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

Chart Projections 2010 (Myopia)

Year	Value	Short Value
2000	30,357,202	30,357
2010	34,119,279	34,119

2000 U.S. Prevalent Cases of Myopia Chart

Age	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	All
40-49	12,799	996	947	719	15,461
50-54	3,831	262	230	195	4,518
55-59	2,427	157	140	113	2,837
60-64	1,647	109	98	77	1,931
65-69	1,319	79	75	56	1,529
70-74	1,186	61	59	42	1,348
75-79	1,012	45	43	30	1,130
80+	1,441	68	58	37	1,604
TOTAL	25,662	1,777	1,650	1,269	30,358

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

Female/Age	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	All
40-49	7,151	483	511	385	8,530
50-54	2,084	128	119	106	2,437
55-59	1,295	81	72	61	1,509
60-64	862	61	51	42	1,016
65-69	686	49	41	32	808
70-74	625	43	34	25	727
75-79	555	35	27	18	635
80+	901	61	43	24	1,029
TOTAL	14,159	941	898	693	16,691

Male/Age	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	All
40-49	5,648	513	436	334	6,931
50-54	1,747	134	111	89	2,081
55-59	1,132	76	68	52	1,328
60-64	785	48	47	35	915
65-69	633	30	34	24	721
70-74	561	18	25	17	621
75-79	457	10	16	12	495
80+	540	7	15	13	575
TOTAL	11,503	836	752	576	13,667