Journal article
Prevalence and causes of blindness and vision impairment: magnitude, temporal trends and projections in South and Central Asia
Vinay Nangia, Jost B Jonas, Ronnie George, Vijaya Lingam, Leon Ellwein, Maria Vittoria Cicinelli, Aditi Das, Seth R Flaxman, Jill E Keeffe, John H Kempen, Janet Leasher, Hans Limburg, Kovin Naidoo, Konrad Pesudovs, Serge Resnikoff, Alexander J Silvester, Nina Tahhan, Hugh R Taylor, Tien Y Wong, Rupert RA Bourne
BRITISH JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY | BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2019
Abstract
BACKGROUND: To assess prevalence and causes of vision loss in Central and South Asia. METHODS: A systematic review of medical literature assessed the prevalence of blindness (presenting visual acuity<3/60 in the better eye), moderate and severe vision impairment (MSVI; presenting visual acuity <6/18 but ≥3/60) and mild vision impairment (MVI; presenting visual acuity <6/12 and ≥6/18) in Central and South Asia for 1990, 2010, 2015 and 2020. RESULTS: In Central and South Asia combined, age-standardised prevalences of blindness, MSVI and MVI in 2015 were for men and women aged 50+years, 3.72% (80% uncertainty interval (UI): 1.39-6.75) and 4.00% (80% UI: 1.41-7.39), 16.33% (80% UI: 8.55-25.47) a..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This study was funded by the Brien Holden Vision Institute. The results in this paper are prepared independently of the final estimates of the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries and Risk Factors study. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish or preparation of the manuscript.