Vision impairments in Italy 2020

There were approximately 2.8 million people in Italy affected with moderate-severe vision loss in 2020, compared to around two million in 1990. Furthermore, over 500 thousand individuals in Italy were classified as blind in 2020, a figure that has also generally increased over the provided time interval.

Number of individuals affected with vision loss in Italy from 1990 to 2020, by severity

Characteristic	Blindness	Near	Mild	Mod-severe
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Release date

December 2020

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Region

Italy

Survey time period

2020

Supplementary notes

Approximated figures.
Age-standardized.

WHO definitions of vision loss severity:
"The International Classification of Diseases 11 (2018) classifies vision impairment into two groups, distance and near presenting vision impairment.
Distance vision impairment:
Mild – presenting visual acuity worse than 6/12
Moderate – presenting visual acuity worse than 6/18
Severe – presenting visual acuity worse than 6/60
Blindness – presenting visual acuity worse than 3/60

Near vision impairment:
Presenting near visual acuity worse than N6 or M.08 with existing correction."

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