VISION PROBLEMS IN THE U.S.
Prevalence of Adult Vision Impairment and Age-Related Eye Disease in America

ALASKA

 

Total

Female

Male

White

Black

Hispanic

Other

White Female

White Male

Black Female

Black Male

Hisp. Female

Hisp. Male

Other Female

Other Male

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Population aged 40 and Older

233,727

113,037

120,690

176,382

5,730

5,816

45,799

83,460

92,922

2,694

3,036

2,862

2,954

24,021

21,778

Vision Impairment

3,046

1,749

1,297

2,194

69

62

721

1,265

929

37

32

35

27

412

309

Blindness

887

516

371

653

32

9

193

387

267

17

15

5

4

108

85

Cataract

24,206

13,267

10,939

18,233

461

438

5,075

9,608

8,625

280

181

260

178

3,120

1,955

Glaucoma

2,969

1,749

1,219

1,881

160

55

873

1,097

784

85

75

32

23

535

338

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Population aged 18 and older

436,215

210,104

226,111

311,655

14,113

15,588

94,859

147,601

164,054

6,417

7,696

7,469

8,119

48,617

46,242

Diabetic Retinopathy

9,484

4,627

4,857

6,703

250

315

2,216

3,157

3,546

134

116

147

169

1,190

1,026

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Population aged 50 and older

121,886

58,945

62,941

92,277

2,520

2,504

24,585

43,410

48,867

1,188

1,332

1,276

1,228

13,071

11,514

AMD

1,436

770

667

1,115

26

20

275

591

524

17

9

11

9

151

124

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