VISION PROBLEMS IN THE U.S.
Prevalence of Adult Vision Impairment and Age-Related Eye Disease in America

NORTH CAROLINA

 

Total

Female

Male

White

Black

Hispanic

Other

White Female

White Male

Black Female

Black Male

Hisp. Female

Hisp. Male

Other Female

Other Male

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Population aged 40 and Older

3,409,590

1,837,162

1,572,428

2,647,699

620,878

53,880

87,133

1,415,910

1,231,789

350,719

270,159

23,194

30,686

47,339

39,794

Vision Impairment

87,109

58,808

28,302

70,395

14,646

702

1,366

48,038

22,357

9,572

5,074

366

336

832

535

Blindness

27,880

19,226

8,654

21,286

6,131

98

364

15,013

6,273

3,947

2,184

50

48

216

149

Cataract

562,051

355,657

206,394

465,158

82,893

4,389

9,611

288,160

176,998

58,864

24,029

2,441

1,948

6,192

3,419

Glaucoma

66,184

42,092

24,092

42,082

21,867

570

1,664

27,305

14,778

13,418

8,449

307

262

1,062

602

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Population aged 18 and older

6,085,266

3,148,696

2,936,570

4,418,686

1,209,207

258,873

198,500

2,288,784

2,129,902

661,356

547,851

95,420

163,453

103,136

95,364

Diabetic Retinopathy

150,591

81,623

68,968

113,726

29,040

3,470

4,355

59,303

54,423

18,579

10,461

1,320

2,149

2,421

1,935

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Population aged 50 and older

2,207,499

1,223,734

983,765

1,771,043

366,596

22,262

47,598

973,382

797,661

213,495

153,101

10,520

11,742

26,337

21,261

AMD

42,588

27,466

15,122

36,745

5,096

228

518

23,516

13,229

3,530

1,566

117

111

303

215

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