By Sean Moloughney, Editor01.20.23
More than 2.2 billion people around the world have a near- or distance-vision impairment, according to the World Health Organization. In about half of those cases, impairment could have been prevented or hasn’t yet been addressed.
In addition to health and quality of life matters, vision impairment presents a global financial burden. The annual cost of productivity losses associated with vision impairment is estimated to be $411 billion. Meanwhile, the estimated cost gap of addressing the unmet need of vision impairment is estimated at about $25 billion.
“The prevalence of vision loss, regardless of cause, increases with age, but many younger people are also being affected by vision impairment,” said Sue Hewlings, director of scientific affairs at Nutrasource/GRAS Associates. “Globally, there are an estimated 596 million people with distance vision impairment and a further 510 million, or 22% of people over 50 years of age, with uncorrected presbyopia, difficulty seeing up close.”
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In addition to health and quality of life matters, vision impairment presents a global financial burden. The annual cost of productivity losses associated with vision impairment is estimated to be $411 billion. Meanwhile, the estimated cost gap of addressing the unmet need of vision impairment is estimated at about $25 billion.
“The prevalence of vision loss, regardless of cause, increases with age, but many younger people are also being affected by vision impairment,” said Sue Hewlings, director of scientific affairs at Nutrasource/GRAS Associates. “Globally, there are an estimated 596 million people with distance vision impairment and a further 510 million, or 22% of people over 50 years of age, with uncorrected presbyopia, difficulty seeing up close.”
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