Vision impairment among U.S. adults aged 45 years and older 2015-2017, by age

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John Elflein,
Jun 20, 2019
This statistic presents the percentage of adults aged 45 years and older who had vision impairment in the U.S. from 2015 to 2017, by age. During that period around 7.2 percent of those aged 75 years and older had vision impairment.

Percentage of adults aged 45 years and older with vision impairment in the U.S. from 2015 to 2017, by age

CharacteristicPercentage of adults
45 to 64 years 4.4%
65 to 74 years 4.6%
75 years and older 7.2%
Overall 4.9%
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Release date

May 2019

Region

United States

Survey time period

2015 to 2017

Number of respondents

208,601 respondents

Age group

45 years and older

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

Vision impairment was defined as a yes response to the question “Are you blind or do you have serious difficulty seeing, even when wearing glasses?”

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