Prevalence of Vision Impairment in South-East Asia and Oceania in 2020 Magnitude and Temporal Trends

Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study; GBD 2019 Blindness and Vision Impairment Collaborators

doi:10.1080/09286586.2025.2496191

Prevalence of Vision Impairment in South-East Asia and Oceania in 2020 Magnitude and Temporal Trends

Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study
, GBD 2019 Blindness and Vision Impairment Collaborators

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Abstract

To determine the prevalence and trends in vision impairment in South-East Asia and Oceania over the past 30?years. We conducted a systematic review of medical literature and employed hierarchical models to estimate the prevalence of vision impairment (VI) in 2020 in South-East Asia and Oceania in those 50?+?years of age. We estimated the prevalence (with 95% uncertainty intervals [UIs]) of mild VI (presenting visual acuity between?≥6/18 and?

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	77-87
Number of pages	11
Journal	Ophthalmic Epidemiology
Volume	33
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09286586.2025.2496191
State	Published - Nov 18 2025
Externally published	Yes

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doi: 10.1080/09286586.2025.2496191

Funding

This study was funded by Brien Holden Vision Institute, Fondation Thea, Fred Hollows Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF), Sightsavers International, and University of Heidelberg.

Keywords

blindness
prevalence
visual impairment
South East Asia
Oceania

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