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

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

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

340,191

182,128

158,063

273,092

50,837

7,191

9,071

145,534

127,558

28,290

22,547

3,494

3,697

4,810

4,261

Vision Impairment

8,994

5,945

3,049

7,697

1,040

116

141

5,152

2,546

649

391

65

51

80

61

Blindness

2,835

1,927

908

2,338

443

16

38

1,625

714

273

170

9

7

21

17

Cataract

58,105

35,861

22,244

50,213

6,173

723

997

30,571

19,642

4,245

1,928

431

291

614

383

Glaucoma

6,473

4,063

2,410

4,493

1,716

92

172

2,873

1,620

1,030

686

54

38

106

66

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Population aged 18 and older

589,013

308,370

280,643

443,055

102,225

23,712

20,021

231,782

211,273

55,453

46,772

10,709

13,003

10,426

9,595

Diabetic Retinopathy

15,057

8,046

7,011

11,799

2,357

446

454

6,114

5,685

1,481

876

203

243

248

206

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Population aged 50 and older

222,469

121,834

100,635

184,622

29,111

3,640

5,096

100,834

83,788

16,398

12,713

1,857

1,783

2,745

2,351

AMD

4,491

2,820

1,671

4,019

378

39

54

2,512

1,508

258

120

21

18

30

25

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