The prevalence of vision impairment and blindness among older adults in India: findings from the Longitudinal Ageing Study in India.

ABSTRACT: Vision impairment and blindness are strongly associated with aging and late-life disability. While home to about 17% of the world's population, an estimated 25% of visually impaired people globally live in India. This proportion is expected to increase as India's population rapidly ages and continues to grow. There is a need for up-to-date epidemiologic data on the prevalence of vision impairment and blindness in India and on the socioeconomic determinants of poor vision, especially among older adults, to promote visual and overall health and well-being in later life. This paper uses newly available data from Wave 1 (2017-2019) of the population-based Longitudinal Ageing Study in India to estimate the overall and sex-specific prevalence of presenting visual acuity impairment and blindness

SUBMITTER: Ehrlich JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10148950 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature