Blindness and vision loss are among the top 10 disabilities among adults in the United States. But a new analysis by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests people with impaired vision aren’t getting the health care they need.
each year. About 5 percent of the people surveyed in 2018 reported blindness or serious difficulty seeing even with glasses.
The analysis shows disparities between people with vision impairment and their counterparts without vision problems. They reported significant health differences: 50.2 percent said they had fair or poor general health compared with just 16.8 percent of those who didn’t report vision problems. They also were more likely to report other disabilities.
More research is needed to understand barriers to health care for people with vision impairment, the researchers write. Past studies have shown
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