More than 38 million Americans age 40 and older are blind, visually impaired, or have an age-related eye disease, and adult vision loss costs our economy more than billion a year.
The Burden and Future Implications of Adult Visual Disorders in the United States
Published September 1, 2007
At the launch of The Silver Book: Vision Loss, National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (NAEVR) joint briefing, David Rein, PhD, presented on the current economic burden of vision loss and the potential future impact.