Wednesday 10 January 2018

In 2016, Analysis of the present-day ophthalmology situation in Russia

In adult population more than 16 million cases of visual impairment were registered during 2013. More than 1/3 of them were newly diagnosed. The incidence rate of the diseases of the eye and adnexa is 11299.7 per 100 000 people. In children, the incidence rate is 13245.5 per 100 000 with a total number of visual impairment cases amounting to 3.5 million.

The number of peoples affected by eye diseases:

Refractive errors – 5 million
Cataract – 2.64 million  
Glaucoma – 1.1 million  

AMD – 240 000 

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