high tech biometric retina scan

Attractive female doctor ophthalmologist is checking the eye vision of handsome young man in modern clinic. Doctor and patient in ophthalmology clinic.

Pretty little schoolgirl visiting oculist for measuring eyesight with phoropter

high tech biometric retina scan

Attractive female doctor ophthalmologist is checking the eye vision of handsome young man in modern clinic. Doctor and patient in ophthalmology clinic.

Pretty little schoolgirl visiting oculist for measuring eyesight with phoropter

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a primer about eye health as part of its vision health initiative.

Here are a few basics everyone needs to know about eye health.

• About 12 million people 40 years and over in the United States have vision impairment, including 1 million who are blind, 3 million who have vision impairment after correction, and 8 million who have vision impairment due to uncorrected refractive error.

• About 6.8% of children younger than 18 years in the United States have a diagnosed eye and vision condition. Nearly 3 percent of children younger than 18 years are blind or visually impaired, defined as having trouble seeing even when wearing glasses or contact lenses.

• An estimated 93 million adults in the United States are at high risk for serious vision loss, but only half visited an eye doctor in the past 12 months.

• The annual economic impact of major vision problems among the adult population 40 years and older is more than $145 billion.

• Vision disability is one of the top 10 disabilities among adults 18 years and older and one of the most prevalent disabling conditions among children.

• Early detection and timely treatment of eye conditions such as diabetic retinopathy has been found to be efficacious and cost effective.

• 90% of blindness caused by diabetes is preventable.

• Vision loss causes a substantial social and economic toll for millions of people including significant suffering, disability, loss of productivity and diminished quality of life.

• National and state data show that more than half of adult Americans who did not seek eye care are due to lack of awareness or costs; which often exacerbated by lack of adequate health insurance.

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