Table 2.
Number of males and females with blindness (presenting visual acuity <3/60), and the age-standardized prevalence (% [95% UI]) of blindness due to Cataract (all ages and people aged ≥50 years) in 2020.
| Total Population | Total number of Cataract blindness and aged-standardized Cataract blindness in 2020 (all ages) | Total number of Cataract blindness and aged-standardized Cataract blindness in people aged 50+ years in 2020 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Region | 2020, total population (‘000 s) | Number of males(‘000 s) with Cataract blindness in 2020 | Number of females (‘000 s) with Cataract blindness in 2020 | Age standardized prevalence of blindness in males in 2020 | Age standardized prevalence of blindness in females in 2020 | Number of males(‘000 s) (50+ years) with Cataract blindness in 2020 | Number of females(‘000 s) (50+ years) with Cataract blindness in 2020 | Age standardized prevalence of blindness in males in 2020 | Age standardized prevalence of blindness in females in 2020 |
| Global | 7,890,000 | 6781 (5733–7978) | 10,224 (8671–11,956) | 0.18 (0.15–0.21) | 0.23 (0.19–0.27) | 5957 (4978–7110) | 9217 (7728–10,884) | 0.73 (0.61–0.87) | 0.93 (0.78–1.09) |
| Southeast Asia, East Asia, and Oceania | 2,192,710 | 2297 (1929–2722) | 4007 (3394–4714) | 0.18 (0.16–0.22) | 0.29 (0.24–0.34) | 1966 (1626–2360) | 3577 (2990–4235) | 0.73 (0.61–0.88) | 1.16 (0.97–1.38) |
| Central Europe, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia | 417,291 | 102(81–124) | 188 (152–232) | 0.04 (0.04–0.05) | 0.05 (0.04–0.06) | 88 (70–111) | 177 (142–220) | 0.17 (0.14–0.22) | 0.20 (0.16–0.24) |
| High-income | 1,087,856 | 221(178–267) | 284 (231–351) | 0.02 (0.02–0.03) | 0.02 (0.02–0.03) | 196 (157–241) | 260 (209–325) | 0.09 (0.07–0.11) | 0.08 (0.07–0.11) |
| Latin America and Caribbean | 601,551 | 483 (397–579) | 617 (512–738) | 0.18 (0.15–0.22) | 0.19 (0.16–0.23) | 433 (353–529) | 571 (469–691) | 0.76 (0.62–0.93) | 0.80 (0.66–0.97) |
| North Africa and Middle East | 631,727 | 314 (249–389) | 529 (424–648) | 0.16 (0.13–0.20) | 0.26 (0.21–0.32) | 276 (214–350) | 478 (378–595) | 0.69 (0.54–0.86) | 1.11 (0.88–1.37) |
| South Asia | 1,841,435 | 2706 (2293–3166) | 3646 (3087–4262) | 0.45 (0.38–0.52) | 0.57 (0.48–0.66) | 2497 (2096–2939) | 3414 (2883–4026) | 1.95 (1.65–2.27) | 2.48 (2.10–2.90) |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 1,114,806 | 655 (555–762) | 949 (801–1097) | 0.33 (0.27–0.38) | 0.40 (0.34–0.47) | 498 (415–605) | 737 (615–885) | 1.32 (1.09–1.59) | 1.63 (1.36–1.94) |