Rupert Bourne|Jost B. Jonas|A. Bron|Maria Vittoria Cicinelli|Aditi Das|Seth Flaxman|David S. Friedman|Jill Keeffe|John H. Kempen|Janet Leasher|Hans Limburg|Kovin Naidoo|Konrad Pesudovs|Tünde Pet?|Jinan Saadine|Alexander Silvester|Nina Tahhan|Hugh R. Taylor|Rohit Varma|Tien Yin Wong|Serge Resnikoff
Prevalence and causes of vision loss in high-income countries and in Eastern and Central Europe in 2015: magnitude, temporal trends and projections
Anglia Ruskin University|University Medical Centre Mannheim|Heidelberg University|University Hospital Heidelberg|Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation|Maison des Sciences de l’Homme de Dijon|Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté|French National Centre for Scientific Research|San Raffaele University of Rome|Health Education England|University of Oxford|Imperial College London|Johns Hopkins Medicine|Johns Hopkins University|L V Prasad Eye Institute|Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary|Nova Southeastern University|Africa Health Research Institute|Flinders University|Queen's University Belfast|Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|Royal Liverpool University Hospital|University of Liverpool|Brien Holden Vision Institute|UNSW Sydney|University of Melbourne|Keck Hospital of USC|Singapore National Eye Center|National University of Singapore|Singapore Eye Research Institute|Duke-NUS Medical School|Brien Holden Vision Institute|UNSW Sydney
background within surveillance prevalence causes vision impairment highincome regions centraleastern europe update figures 2015 forecast expected values 2020 methods based systematic review medical literature prevalence blindness moderate severe vision impairment msvi mild vision impairment presbyopia estimated 1990 2010 2015 2020 results agestandardised prevalence blindness msvi ages decreased 1990 2015 026 010046 015 006026 174 076294 127 055217 respectively 2015 number individuals affected blindness msvi mild vision impairment ranged 70 000 630 000 610 000 respectively australasia 980 000 746 million 725 million respectively north america 116 million 961 million 947 million respectively western europe 2015 cataract common cause blindness followed agerelated macular degeneration amd glaucoma uncorrected refractive error diabetic retinopathy cornearelated disorders declining burden cataract amd time uncorrected refractive error leading cause msvi conclusions continuing advance control cataract amd leading causes blindness remains high priority overcoming barriers uptake refractive error services would address approximately half msvi burden new data burden presbyopia identify entity important public health problem population additional research better treatments better implementation existing tools ongoing surveillance problem needed