Cataractogenesis Latest Study Reports
In 1998, a World Health Report was published which estimated that there were 19.34 million people who were bilaterally blind from age-related cataract. This represented around 43% of all blindness. For India alone, 3.8 million people become blind from cataract each year. Globally around 5 million people at least go blind by cataract each year. It has also been estimated that approximately 100 million eyes with cataract causing a visual acuity less than 6/60, and this figure is likely to be 3–4 times more for cataract causing an acuity of less than 6/18. Well — developed countries perform around 4000–6000 cataract operations per million people each year. India itself has dramatically increased its cataract surgery rate in the last 10 years from less than 1500 to around 3000 today. In the UK, 330,000 cataract operations are performed each year in England alone. It is estimated that around 30% of people 65 years or older have a visually impairing cataract in one or both eyes. 10% of p...