Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Zetterberg, Madeleine

Titel

Age-related eye disease and gender

Ist Teil von

• Maturitas, 2016-01, Vol.83, p.19-26

Ort / Verlag

Ireland: Elsevier Ireland Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Highlights • Of the 285 million people worldwide suffering from severe visual impairment and blindness, 65% of the visually impaired and 82% of the blind people are 50 years or older. • In all regions of the world women are in majority among the blind and visually impaired, even when adjusting for age. • Cataract is the major cause of blindess globally and the second most common cause of visual impairment. • Gender inequity in access to cataract surgery is a major reason for the female predominance among the blind and visually impaired.