Age-standardised prevalence of blindness and MSVI and VI by sex and region comparing adults 50 years and older with all ages, for 2015 in high-income countries and in Eastern and Central Europe; 80% uncertainty intervals are given in brackets
| Age (years) | 50+ | All ages | ||||||||||
| Sex | Men | Women | Men | Women | ||||||||
| Region | Blind | MSVI | Mild VI | Blind | MSVI | Mild VI | Blind | MSVI | Mild VI | Blind | MSVI | Mild VI |
| Asia Pacific, high income | 0.42 (0.22–0.66) | 4.09 (2.08–6.52) | 4.15 (1.47–7.51) | 0.48 (0.25–0.76) | 4.88 (2.48–7.74) | 4.83 (1.75–8.64) | 0.10 (0.05–0.16) | 1.06 (0.53–1.70) | 1.09 (0.37–1.99) | 0.12 (0.06–0.18) | 1.26 (0.63–2.01) | 1.26 (0.44–2.28) |
| Australasia | 0.49 (0.20–0.87) | 4.79 (2.08–8.28) | 4.75 (1.52–9.00) | 0.54 (0.22–0.97) | 5.42 (2.38–9.27) | 5.28 (1.71–9.88) | 0.12 (0.05–0.21) | 1.25 (0.54–2.17) | 1.26 (0.39–2.41) | 0.13 (0.05–0.24) | 1.41 (0.61–2.43) | 1.40 (0.44–2.66) |
| Europe, Central | 0.93 (0.25–1.85) | 5.06 (1.59–9.46) | 4.77 (1.20–9.58) | 0.98 (0.26–2.04) | 5.29 (1.58–10.02) | 4.94 (1.22–9.92) | 0.23 (0.06–0.45) | 1.33 (0.41–2.49) | 1.29 (0.31–2.59) | 0.24 (0.06–0.49) | 1.38 (0.40–2.61) | 1.32 (0.31–2.66) |
| Europe, Eastern | 0.96 (0.31–1.81) | 7.01 (2.73–12.27) | 6.44 (1.97–12.25) | 0.98 (0.30–1.87) | 7.17 (2.72–13.00) | 6.53 (2.00–12.36) | 0.23 (0.07–0.44) | 1.84 (0.70–3.25) | 1.75 (0.51–3.38) | 0.24 (0.07–0.45) | 1.88 (0.69–3.43) | 1.76 (0.51–3.39) |
| Europe, Western | 0.42 (0.22–0.67) | 3.78 (1.86–6.21) | 3.86 (1.31–7.36) | 0.48 (0.25–0.76) | 4.37 (2.15–7.14) | 4.39 (1.52–8.30) | 0.10 (0.05–0.16) | 0.98 (0.48–1.62) | 1.01 (0.33–1.95) | 0.12 (0.06–0.18) | 1.13 (0.55–1.86) | 1.15 (0.39–2.20) |
| North America, high income | 0.56 (0.24–0.98) | 4.40 (1.87–7.38) | 4.37 (1.43–8.42) | 0.63 (0.27–1.09) | 5.00 (2.17–8.39) | 4.90 (1.63–9.34) | 0.14 (0.06–0.24) | 1.16 (0.48–1.95) | 1.17 (0.37–2.27) | 0.15 (0.06–0.27) | 1.31 (0.56–2.21) | 1.31 (0.42–2.53) |
| World | 1.82 (0.67–3.28) | 10.12 (4.85–16.45) | 8.33 (3.10–15.02) | 1.91 (0.68–3.49) | 10.79 (5.00–17.74) | 8.77 (3.23–15.84) | 0.46 (0.17–0.84) | 2.79 (1.29–4.61) | 2.46 (0.84–4.55) | 0.49 (0.17–0.90) | 2.99 (1.33–4.99) | 2.60 (0.88–4.85) |
MSVI, moderate and severe vision impairment; VI, vision impairment.