Share of adults with age-related macular degeneration by stage and race/ethnicity U.S.

In 2019, approximately one percent of the adult population older than 40 in the U.S. had vision-threatening macular degeneration. This eye disorder associated with aging was more prevalent among non-Hispanic white adults than any other race/ethnic group. This statistic illustrates the percentage of U.S. adults with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in 2019, by stage and race/ethnicity.

Percentage of U.S. adults with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in 2019, by stage and race/ethnicity

Characteristic	Any stage AMD	Vision Threatening AMD
Total	12.58%	0.94%
Black (Non-Hispanic)	6.97%	0.5%
Hispanic	10.07%	0.24%
White (Non-Hispanic)	14.29%	1.17%
Other race	10%	0.78%

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Release date

2022

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2019

Age group

40 years and older

Special properties

based on 2019 population estimates

Supplementary notes

According to the source, Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) can be defined as having vision threatening or non-vision threatening AMD. Vision-threatening AMD refers to late or advanced stages of the disease, including geographic atrophy and/or exudative AMD in either eye. Non-vision threatening AMD, or early stage AMD, includes retinal pigment epithelium abnormalities or drusen ≥125 µm in the worse-affected eye, but no vision threatening AMD in either eye.

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