Table 4.
Percentage change in crude prevalence of Cataract blindness (presenting visual acuity <3/60) in adults age 50 years and older between 2000 and 2020 by world super region.
| Crude Prevalence | Number of Cases (‘000 s) | Age standardized prevalence | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Region | Male (%, 95% UI) | Female (%, 95% UI) | Both (%, 95% UI) | Male (%, 95% UI) | Female (%, 95% UI) | Both (%, 95% UI) | Male (%, 95% UI) | Female (%, 95% UI) | Both (%, 95% UI) |
| Global | −28.75 (−28.90−28.61) | −24.58 (−24.73−24.43) | −26.30 (−26.45−26.15) | 25.65 (25.39–25.92) | 32.49 (32.23–32.75) | 29.72 (29.46–29.98) | −31.78 (−31.91−31.64) | −24.82 (−24.97−24.68) | −27.54 (−27.68−27.39) |
| High-income | 7.88 (7.61–8.16) | 2.58 (2.30–2.85) | 4.51 (4.24–4.78) | 58.76 (58.36–59.16) | 42.88 (42.50–43.26) | 49.30 (48.92–49.69) | −6.69 (−6.93−6.46) | −7.16 (−7.40−6.91) | −6.86 (−7.10−6.62) |
| Central Europe, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia | −19.82 (−20.04−19.60) | −25.74 (−25.94−25.55) | −24.23 (−24.44−24.02) | 4.00 (3.72–4.29) | −8.13 (−8.38−7.89) | −4.40 (−4.66−4.14) | −26.60 (−26.79−26.41) | −31.03 (−31.21−30.85) | −30.14 (−30.33−29.96) |
| Latin America and Caribbean | −19.70 (−19.89−19.51) | −10.77 (−10.97−10.57) | −14.83 (−15.02−14.64) | 58.24 (57.87–58.62) | 82.64 (82.23–83.05) | 71.25 (70.86–71.64) | −23.99 (−24.16−23.81) | −18.39 (−18.57−18.20) | −20.83 (−21.01−20.66) |
| North Africa and Middle East | −45.07 (−45.23−44.92) | −39.04 (−39.20−38.88) | −41.39 (−41.55−41.23) | 14.12 (13.80–14.44) | 26.84 (26.51–27.18) | 21.87 (21.54–22.19) | −41.99 (−42.15−41.83) | −39.64 (−39.80−39.49) | −39.97 (−40.13−39.81) |
| South Asia | −30.68 (−30.81−30.54) | −32.04 (−32.17−31.90) | −31.10 (−31.23−30.96) | 30.83 (30.57–31.09) | 37.40 (37.13–37.67) | 34.55 (34.28–34.81) | −34.95 (−35.06−34.83) | −38.63 (−38.74−38.52) | −36.53 (−36.65−36.41) |
| Southeast Asia, East Asia, and Oceania | −41.72 (−41.84−41.59) | −38.94 (−39.06−38.82) | −39.73 (−39.85−39.61) | 15.24 (14.99–15.49) | 24.55 (24.30–24.80) | 21.08 (20.83–21.33) | −46.86 (−46.97−46.75) | −40.55 (−40.67−40.44) | −42.99 (−43.10−42.88) |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | −29.68 (−29.84−29.52) | −28.83 (−28.98−28.68) | −28.74 (−28.90−28.59) | 24.41 (24.13–24.68) | 38.07 (37.77–38.36) | 32.21 (31.92–32.50) | −25.87 (−26.03−25.71) | −24.19 (−24.34−24.03) | −24.93 (−25.08−24.77) |