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. 2024 Dec 18;24:3510. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-21047-x

Table 2.

The estimated number and age-standardized rates (per 100,00 population population) of low vision and blindness due to AMD prevalence and temporal trends by sex, age and SDI from 1990 to 2021

Characterstics 1990 2021 1990–2021
Number(95%UI) ASR(95%UI) Number(95%UI) ASR(95%UI) EAPC(95%CI)
Global 3,640,180 (3,037,098 − 4,353,902)

99.5

(83.16-118.04)

8,057,521 (6,705,284–9,823,238)

94

(78.32-114.42)

-0.26 (-0.31–0.22)
Sex
Female 2,141,000 (1,787,369–2,536,951)

104.34

(87.5-123.1)

4,657,829 (3,881,913–5,650,808) 99.53 (82.98-120.72) -0.25 (-0.3–0.21)
Male 1,499,180 (1,245,793–1,812,002) 92.23 (76.87-110.83) 3,399,691 (2,808,352–4,167,120)

87.1

(71.99-106.29)

-0.23 (-0.27–0.19)
Age
45–49 years 11,290 (6,646 − 16,939)

4.86

(2.86–7.29)

19,066 (11,319 − 28,904)

4.03

(2.39–6.1)

-0.73 (-0.77–0.69)
50–54 years 100,789 (70,851 − 135,487)

47.41

(33.33–63.74)

189,097 (129,066–255,850)

42.5

(29.01–57.5)

-0.46 (-0.51–0.42)
55–59 years 315,885(234,195–409,185) 170.56 (126.46-220.94) 635,566(457,265–851,423) 160.61 (115.55-215.15) -0.27 (-0.31–0.23)
60–64 years 579,244(429,365–764,115) 360.65 (267.34-475.76) 1,121,462(807,561-1,540,566) 350.4 (252.32-481.35) -0.18 (-0.25–0.11)
65–69 years 699,154(538,893–896,557) 565.62 (435.96-725.31) 1,554,182(1,179,507-2,027,660) 563.43 (427.6-735.08) -0.08 (-0.15–0.02)
70–74 years 644,282(503,818–820,529) 761.01 (595.1-969.19) 1,498,299(1,161,980-1,953,673) 727.9 (564.51-949.13) -0.14 (-0.21–0.08)
75–79 years 567,756(451,929 − 697,373) 922.35 (734.18-1132.92) 1,190,223(944,328-1,499,312) 902.47 (716.03-1136.84) -0.22 (-0.28–0.16)
80–84 years 407,664(320,705 − 508,369) 1152.38 (906.56-1437.05) 917,306(710,148-1,166,097) 1047.36 (810.83-1331.42) -0.37 (-0.42–0.33)
85–89 years 216,953(174,912 − 268,275) 1435.72 (1157.51-1775.35) 576,229(456,942 − 713,117) 1260.3 (999.4-1559.69) -0.56 (-0.63–0.5)
90–94 years 75,076(59,746 − 96,255) 1751.98 (1394.25-2246.23) 259,489(205,887 − 331,388) 1450.52 (1150.89-1852.43) -0.7 (-0.76–0.65)
95 + years 22,086(16,846 − 28,883) 2169.32 (1654.69-2837.02) 96,601(73,087–125,311) 1772.4 (1340.98-2299.15) -0.74 (-0.78–0.71)
SDI region
High-middle SDI 917,446(772,003 − 1,089,793) 100.42 (84.93-118.77) 2,103,144(1,762,018 − 2,558,108) 104.55 (87.88–126.6) 0.12 (0.05–0.18)
High SDI 641,152(536,445–759,449) 56.98 (47.61–67.51) 1,132,042(951,466-1,351,423) 48.43 (40.55–57.77) -0.57 (-0.64–0.51)
Low-middle SDI 750,883(613,961 − 907,402) 138.32 (114.13-165.93) 1,403,317(1,142,219-1,725,627) 104.67 (85.46-127.94) -1.03 (-1.16–0.91)
Low SDI 286,203(236,098–342,481) 144.7 (120.56-171.58) 623,529(507,719–765,708) 139.92 (114.54-171.01) -0.23 (-0.28–0.18)
Middle SDI 1,041,645(862,866-1,275,940) 114.58 (94.89-138.84) 2,790,576(2,301,858-3,415,653) 107.56 (88.68-131.24) -0.33 (-0.39–0.26)

UI: uncertainty intervals; CI: confidence interval; SDI: socio-demographic index; EAPC: estimated annual percentage change