Table 2. Estimated total number of cases with VI, including blindness, and both unadjusted GDP loss and GDP loss adjusted for LFPR and ER, for each WHO subregion.

WHO region and subregiona	Total cases of VI (thousands)		Blind among cases (thousands)		Unadjusted GDP loss (millions I$)		LFPR	ER	Adjusted GDP loss (millions I$)		Ratio adjusted:unadjusted
African
D	3 422.9		786.6		3 457.0		0.595	0.763	1 613.3		0.47
E	3 325.8		769.6		4 322.6		0.615	0.673	1 932.9		0.45
Total	6 748.7								3 546.2
Americas
A	6 081.7		0.0		71 960.8		0.642	0.923	43 942.1		0.61
B	6 782.2		318.3		20 511.3		0.647	0.872	11 925.4		0.58
D	1 018.3		96.0		1 604.3		0.553	0.873	773.7		0.48
Total	13 882.2								56 641.2
Eastern Mediterranean
B	1 631.3		125.9		5 529.9		0.485	0.706	2 602.0		0.47
D	1 817.5		175.7		2 215.7		0.446	0.666	854.5		0.39
Total	3 448.8								3 456.5
European
A	8 343.9		0.0		71 443.4		0.583	0.884	38 998.0		0.55
B	3 224.6		0.0		7 924.4		0.553	0.768	3 645.0		0.46
C	3 737.4		0.0		12 198.1		0.599	0.906	6 923.2		0.57
Total	15 305.9								49 566.2
South-East Asia
B	6 411.5		232.8		11 263.3		0.651	0.860	6 932.4		0.62
D	48 689.2		4 871.7		60 375.7		0.662	0.875	37 470.9		0.62
Total	55 100.7								44 403.3
Western Pacific
A	1 592.2		0.0		15 264.1		0.614	0.932	8 988.4		0.59
B	61 975.4		1 347.9		139 672.8		0.764	0.944	102 236.0		0.73
Total	63 567.6								111 224.4
Global	158 053.9		8 724.5		427 743.4				268 837.8

ER, population-weighted regional employment rate; GDP, gross domestic product; I$, international dollar; LFPR, population-weighted regional labour force participation rate; VI, visual impairment.
^a WHO subregions defined in WHO’s Global burden of disease in 2002 report.⁹