What is the percentage of blind people in the world?? I am doing a project and I need to know.
2007-02-21 09:12:09 · 11 answers · asked by Michelle 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
45 million people in the world are blind, 90% of them from developed countries.Click the website below for more info.
2007-02-21 09:16:35 · answer #1 · answered by VW 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In 1987, it was estimated that 598,000 people in the United States met the legal definition of blindness. Of this number, 58% were over the age of 65. In 1994-1995, 1.3 million Americans reported legal blindness.
In November 2004 article Magnitude and causes of visual impairment, the WHO estimated that in 2002 there were 161 million (about 2.6% of the world population) visually impaired people in the world, of whom 124 million (about 2%) had low vision and 37 million (about 0.6%) were blind.
2007-02-21 09:16:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prevalance of Blindness: 1,100,000 people are legally blind in the US (Research to Prevent Blindness, NISE, NSF)
Prevalance Rate: approx 1 in 247 or 0.40% or 1.1 million people in USA [about data]
Worldwide prevalence of Blindness:42,000,000 people are blind worldwide (Research to Prevent Blindness, NISE, NSF)
http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/b/blindness/stats.htm
2007-02-21 09:16:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's somewhere between 40 and 55 million.
So that's about .8%.
2007-02-21 09:16:55 · answer #4 · answered by Vegan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
3%
2007-02-21 09:22:12 · answer #5 · answered by amberharris20022000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before or after alcohol?
2007-02-21 09:14:29 · answer #6 · answered by ☆skyblue 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i think 55% check this place out
2007-02-21 09:15:50 · answer #7 · answered by Vi 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
unfortunately I don't know however my grandpa was one of them :(
2007-02-21 09:17:29 · answer #8 · answered by Maro's mom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry babe, I have no clue.
2007-02-21 09:15:12 · answer #9 · answered by Chica Loca 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no idea.
2007-02-21 09:13:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋