However, according to the American


Foundation for the Blind, about 32.2 million adult Americans reported having trouble seeing in 2018. Vision impairments are not to be taken lightly. You can increase your chances of


early detection by understanding more about how illnesses affect our country. These statistics from the American


Academy of Ophthalmology will show you the urgency to seek help for vision problems and make regular trips to your eye doctor. The reason it’s important to learn more about such sta- tistics is to educate you for conversations with your eye doctor, but also to help you understand the severity of some of the most common eye issues facing Americans. Read on and do your own research to learn more about how you can work on


preventing some of these issues. •81% of Americans say they are knowledgeable about eye/vision health. Still, only one in five correctly identified the leading causes of blindness in the U.S. They are glaucoma, agerelated macular degener-ation and diabetic eye disease.


•63% of adults are unaware that vision problems don’t always cause symptoms before the disease impacts their eyesight.


•About two in three Americans falsely believe vision loss is inevitable with age.


•Poor eyesight can lead to psychological problems such as isolation and depression.


•Diabetic retinopathy will affect about 13.2 million people by 2050, increasing from 7.7 million in 2010.


•In 2010, about 2.7 million people in the U.S. aged 40 and under had glaucoma. By 2050, the number is expected to increase to 5.5 million.


•About onethird of Americans develop some form of vision reducing eye disease by age 65.


•Many forms of glaucoma have no warning signs. You can lose your vision before even realizing you’re affected.


•Vision problems can quickly aggravate because the brain adapts to the loss, making it more challenging to notice a decline.


•Nearly 90% of Americans with age- related macular degeneration are white.


•African Americans are six to eight times more likely to get glaucoma and go blind from it than white Americans.


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