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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Number of U.S. adults with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in 2019
In 2019, it was estimated that approximately 19.8 million adults in the U.S. older than 40 years had age-related macular degeneration. Most U.S. adults with this eye disorder had non-vision-threatening AMD, while almost 1.49 million suffered from vision-threatening AMD. This statistic shows the number of adults in the United States with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in 2019.
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Number of adults in the United States with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in 2019 [Graph], CDC, November 3, 2022. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1416150/prevalence-age-related-macular-degeneration-adults-us/