Approximated figures.
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."
Countries included as Eastern Europe: Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine.
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Vision impairments in Eastern Europe 2020, by cause
In 2020, there were almost * people in the Eastern European region that were affected with moderate-severe vision loss as a result of refractive disorders. Furthermore, cataracts caused moderate-severe vision loss for over *** million people, and blindness for around *** thousand sufferers.
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