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

NEW YORK

 

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

8,197,490

4,469,271

3,728,219

5,769,361

1,031,985

855,345

540,799

3,114,937

2,654,424

602,258

429,727

473,072

382,273

279,004

261,795

Vision Impairment

247,844

167,069

80,775

198,694

23,299

16,403

9,448

135,808

62,887

15,407

7,892

10,361

6,042

5,494

3,954

Blindness

76,723

53,043

23,680

62,182

9,837

2,242

2,462

43,841

18,341

6,419

3,418

1,392

850

1,391

1,071

Cataract

1,433,753

912,904

520,849

1,128,716

138,188

102,999

63,850

705,222

423,494

99,791

38,397

68,510

34,490

39,381

24,469

Glaucoma

162,942

105,723

57,218

103,057

36,337

12,875

10,673

67,929

35,128

22,888

13,449

8,404

4,471

6,502

4,170

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Population aged 18 and older

14,286,350

7,542,259

6,744,091

9,197,989

1,978,647

1,974,551

1,135,163

4,831,271

4,366,718

1,110,136

868,511

1,022,128

952,423

578,724

556,439

Diabetic Retinopathy

376,779

205,868

170,911

248,183

49,288

52,394

26,914

131,003

117,181

32,501

16,787

27,979

24,415

14,385

12,529

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Population aged 50 and older

5,348,137

3,008,420

2,339,717

3,919,672

634,799

488,092

305,574

2,182,018

1,737,654

383,564

251,235

280,443

207,649

162,395

143,179

AMD

117,638

76,460

41,179

99,840

8,561

5,648

3,589

64,922

34,918

6,114

2,448

3,440

2,207

1,984

1,605

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