Vision impairments in Poland 1990-2020, by severity

Published by Statista Research Department, Oct 21, 2024
In 2020, there were over 1.3 million individuals in Poland diagnosed with moderate-severe sight loss, an increase from around 940 thousand in 1990. Furthermore, over 105 thousand individuals in Poland were classified as blind in 2020, while 3.3 million were affected with near vision impairment.

Number of individuals affected with vision loss in Poland from 1990 to 2020, by severity

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December 2020

Region

Poland

Survey time period

2020

Supplementary notes

Approximated figures.
Age-standardized.

WHO definitions of vision loss severity:
"The International Classification of Diseases 11 (2018) classifies vision impairment into two groups, distance and near presenting vision impairment.
Distance vision impairment:
Mild – presenting visual acuity worse than 6/12
Moderate – presenting visual acuity worse than 6/18
Severe – presenting visual acuity worse than 6/60
Blindness – presenting visual acuity worse than 3/60

Near vision impairment:
Presenting near visual acuity worse than N6 or M.08 with existing correction."

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