Almost 20 million older Americans live with sight-robbing macular degeneration
What was the prevalence of early- and late-stage age-related macular degeneration in the US nationally, and by county and state in 2019?In this study, we estimated that 18.34 million individuals in the US 40 years and older were living with early-stage AMD and 1.49 million were living with late-stage AMD in 2019.
We included data from the American Community Survey , the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey , US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services claims for fee-for-service beneficiaries , and population-based studies .We included all relevant data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Vision and Eye Health Surveillance System.
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