County-Level Variation in the Prevalence of Visual Acuity Loss or Blindness in the US

JAMA Ophthalmol. 2022 Aug 1;140(8):831-832. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2022.2405.

Authors

Elizabeth A Lundeen¹, Abraham D Flaxman², John S Wittenborn³, Zeb Burke-Conte², Rohit Gulia², Jinan Saaddine¹, David B Rein³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Diabetes Translation, Vision Health Initiative, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
² Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
³ NORC at the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study evaluates vision loss and blindness prevalence in the US at the county level.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Age Distribution
Blindness / epidemiology
Cataract* / epidemiology
China / epidemiology
Humans
Prevalence
Vision Disorders / epidemiology
Vision, Low* / epidemiology
Visual Acuity