Facts About Blindness and Vision

 

 

80 percent of blindness is preventable.

Unite for Sight

 

 

42 million people are blind.

One World Sight Project

 

 

Almost half of all blindness is caused by cataracts.

One World Sight Project

 

 

More than 90% of the world's visually impaired live in developing countries.

World Health Organization

 

 

Except for the most developed countries, cataract remains the leading cause of blindness in all regions of the world.

World Health Organization

 

 

Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness worldwide.

World Health Organization

 

 

62% of Americans have vision defects that require correction.

Vision Council of America

 

 

The major causes of world blindness are: cataract, trachoma, glaucoma, xeropthalmia, onchocerciasis, and leprosy.

One World Sight Project

 

 

Every seven minutes, someone in America becomes blind or visually impaired.

American Foundation for the Blindness & Vision

 

 

One of the earliest depictions of a partnership between a dog and a blind person appears in a first-century AD mural in the ruins of Heculaneum, near Pompeii.

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