Country Map & Estimates of Vision Loss

Romania

In 2020 in Romania, there were an estimated 3.4 million people with vision loss. Of these, 59,000 people were blind.

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Source: Crude prevalence, data from VLEG/GBD 2020 model

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Crude prevalence of vision loss, 2020

(all ages, males & females)

Source: Data from VLEG/GBD 2020 model, accessed via the IAPB Vision Atlas

National indicators for eye health services in Romania

IAPB has collected key national indicator data on an annual basis since 2008.

Data sources include Ministry of Health staff or other key respondents, as well as published data. Data have not been received for all countries, or all indicators. The “Year Last Reported” column shows the most recent data received, and “No data” indicates no data available to IAPB in any year since 2008.

More information on data sources and limitations is available on the National indicators page.

Indicator

Data

Rank

Year Last Reported

Data Source

Cataract surgical service delivery

Effective cataract surgical coverage (eCSC)

No data

Cataract surgeries performed (annual)

81,502

26 of 120

Cataract surgical rate (CSR) (per million)

4,178

39 of 176

2018

Eurostat

Number of eye care personnel by cadre

No. of ophthalmologists

1,200

2015

Resnikoff et al., 2020

Ophthalmologists per million

61.5

50 of 191

2015

Resnikoff et al., 2020

No. of optometrists

2,078

2020

ECOO

Optometrists per million

108.0

29 of 159

2020

ECOO

No. of allied ophthalmic personnel

No data

Allied ophthalmic personnel per million

No data

Data and assessments

Eye health prevalence data survey completed (since 1987)

No data

Eye Care Service Assessment completed?

No data

International Vision Health Scorecard

No data

National eye health resources and plans

National Eye Health Co-ordinator

No data

National Eye Committee

No data

National Eye Health Plan

No data

National Eye Health Plan Start Date

No data

National Eye Health Plan End Date

No data

Data sources and references

0 studies included in VLEG analysis from Romania

0

Studies with national coverage

0

Studies with subnational coverage

0

Studies reporting distance vision loss

0

Studies reporting near vision loss

0%

Studies using RAAB methodology

None

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Country Map & Estimates of Vision Loss

Romania

In 2020 in Romania, there were an estimated 3.4 million people with vision loss. Of these, 59,000 people were blind.

Romania

Breakdown of vision loss chart

Crude prevalence of vision loss, 2020

(all ages, males & females)

National indicators for eye health services in Romania

0 studies included in VLEG analysis from Romania

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0

0

0

0%

None

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