Country Map & Estimates of Vision Loss

United States of America

In 2020 in United States of America, there were an estimated 16 million people with vision loss. Of these, 640,000 people were blind.

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

Breakdown of vision loss chart

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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 United States of America

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)

No data

Cataract surgical rate (CSR) (per million)

11,000

11 of 176

2011

Wang et al., 2016

Number of eye care personnel by cadre

No. of ophthalmologists

17,600

2015

Resnikoff et al., 2020

Ophthalmologists per million

54.7

56 of 191

2015

Resnikoff et al., 2020

No. of optometrists

37,200

2019

WCO/AVRI/BHVI

Optometrists per million

112.4

26 of 159

2019

WCO/AVRI/BHVI

No. of allied ophthalmic personnel

50000

2015

Ministry of Health or key respondent

Allied ophthalmic personnel per million

156

6 of 102

2015

Ministry of Health or key respondent

Data and assessments

Eye health prevalence data survey completed (since 1987)

Prevalence

Eye Care Service Assessment completed?

No data

International Vision Health Scorecard

7.6

3 of 15

2020

Global Coalition on Aging

National eye health resources and plans

National Eye Health Co-ordinator

No data

National Eye Committee

No data

National Eye Health Plan

Yes

Ministry of Health or key respondent

National Eye Health Plan Start Date

2010

Ministry of Health or key respondent

National Eye Health Plan End Date

2020

Ministry of Health or key respondent

Data sources and references

12 studies included in VLEG analysis from United States of America

5

Studies with national coverage

7

Studies with subnational coverage

11

Studies reporting distance vision loss

6

Studies reporting near vision loss

0%

Studies using RAAB methodology

2011

Most recent study

Country Map & Estimates of Vision Loss

United States of America

In 2020 in United States of America, there were an estimated 16 million people with vision loss. Of these, 640,000 people were blind.

United States of America

Breakdown of vision loss chart

Crude prevalence of vision loss, 2020

(all ages, males & females)

National indicators for eye health services in United States of America

12 studies included in VLEG analysis from United States of America

5

7

11

6

0%

2011

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