Researchers investigated data from two U.S. population-based studies conducted between 2003 and 2011. The study included preschool-age children.
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Here are four insights:
1. In 2015, more than 174,000 children, aged three to five years, were visually impaired.
2. Almost 69 percent of cases occurred due to a simple uncorrected refractive error and 25 percent arose from bilateral amblyopia.
3. In 2015, Hispanic children accounted for the highest number of visual impairment cases, and this group will remain the most affected through 2060, with 43.6 percent of all cases.
4. From 2015 to 2060, the states projected to have the most children with visual impairment are California, Texas and Florida.
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