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

LOUISIANA

 

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

1,831,086

987,373

843,713

1,270,084

484,758

35,993

40,251

674,317

595,767

272,902

211,856

18,960

17,033

21,194

19,057

Vision Impairment

47,731

31,683

16,048

34,867

11,308

821

735

23,599

11,267

7,146

4,162

508

313

430

305

Blindness

15,669

10,560

5,109

10,614

4,756

110

189

7,415

3,198

2,970

1,786

67

43

108

82

Cataract

298,068

189,244

108,825

224,585

63,765

4,868

4,850

138,557

86,028

44,521

19,244

3,158

1,711

3,008

1,842

Glaucoma

38,848

24,394

14,454

20,370

17,050

617

810

13,184

7,186

10,316

6,734

395

222

499

311

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Population aged 18 and older

3,249,177

1,709,369

1,539,808

2,128,485

959,622

77,083

83,987

1,102,969

1,025,516

526,057

433,565

37,823

39,260

42,520

41,467

Diabetic Retinopathy

81,421

45,096

36,325

54,416

22,733

2,258

2,013

28,363

26,054

14,497

8,236

1,155

1,103

1,081

932

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Population aged 50 and older

1,166,480

647,148

519,332

836,980

285,077

21,316

23,107

458,198

378,782

164,789

120,288

11,851

9,465

12,310

10,797

AMD

22,581

14,503

8,079

18,042

3,979

282

278

11,499

6,543

2,684

1,294

166

116

154

124

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