From: Leading causes of certification for blindness and partial sight in England & Wales
Diabetes | AMD | Glaucoma | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | 1990 – 1991 | 1999 – 2000 | 1990 – 1991 | 1999 – 2000 | 1990–1991 | 1999–2000 | |
All ages | Both | 1.99 | 3.84 | 24.41 | 31.78 | 5.43 | 5.91 |
Male | 1.75 | 3.44 | 15.28 | 19.96 | 4.59 | 5.31 | |
Female | 2.15 | 4.15 | 31.82 | 42.44 | 6.00 | 6.32 | |
0 – 15 | Both | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.41 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.05 |
Male | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.24 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.02 | |
Female | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.58 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.09 | |
16 – 64 | Both | 1.26 | 2.05 | 1.48 | 1.01 | 0.55 | 0.55 |
Male | 1.31 | 2.26 | 1.29 | 0.91 | 0.65 | 0.76 | |
Female | 1.19 | 1.84 | 1.61 | 1.10 | 0.41 | 0.34 | |
65 – 74 | Both | 7.28 | 15.06 | 39.20 | 39.69 | 10.47 | 9.96 |
Male | 6.84 | 13.17 | 30.66 | 31.10 | 12.00 | 10.85 | |
Female | 7.56 | 16.27 | 44.59 | 46.47 | 8.81 | 8.85 | |
75 – 84 | Both | 8.27 | 17.08 | 213.50 | 251.53 | 47.85 | 44.14 |
Male | 6.93 | 15.03 | 184.86 | 208.76 | 52.18 | 50.98 | |
Female | 8.65 | 18.18 | 221.81 | 275.70 | 44.34 | 38.75 | |
85 and over | Both | 3.92 | 11.02 | 541.07 | 699.02 | 100.31 | 113.62 |
Male | 5.41 | 13.46 | 560.96 | 682.94 | 135.20 | 152.14 | |
Female | 3.13 | 9.86 | 516.43 | 697.37 | 85.29 | 97.59 |