Table 2

Crude and age-standardised prevalence (%) of blindness and MSVI, mild VI and presbyopia in 2015 in high-income countries and in Eastern and Central Europe (all ages); 80% uncertainty intervals are given in brackets

BlindMSVIMild VIPresbyopia*
Crude prevalence
 Males0.24 (0.10–0.42)1.94 (0.86–3.28)1.93 (0.62–3.68)
 Females0.39 (0.16–0.68)2.88 (1.29–4.84)2.71 (0.92–5.04)
 All0.32 (0.13–0.55)2.42 (1.08–4.08)2.33 (0.77–4.38)18.94 (5.59–35.22)
Age-standardised prevalence
 Males0.14 (0.06–0.24)1.18 (0.51–2.00)1.19 (0.37–2.29)
 Females0.15 (0.06–0.27)1.34 (0.58–2.30)1.33 (0.42–2.54)
 All0.15 (0.06–0.26)1.27 (0.55–2.17)1.27 (0.40–2.43)18.58 (5.47–34.60)
  • *A gender breakdown for presbyopia is not presented due to data sparsity.

  • MSVI, moderate and severe vision impairment; VI, vision impairment.