CDC's Diabetes Program - Data & Trends - Visual Impairment - Age-Standardized Prevalence of Visual Impairment per 100 Adults with Diabetes, by Race/Ethnicity, United States, 1997-2005

Age-Adjusted Prevalence of Visual Impairment per 100 Adults with Diabetes, by Race/Ethnicity, United States, 1997–2005

Slight decreases in the overall age-adjusted prevalence of visual impairment are apparent in all of the racial/ethnic groups examined. Throughout the time period, no clear differences in prevalence are observed between all the racial/ethnic groups examined. In 2005, the age-adjusted prevalence of visual impairment was 18.0% for whites, 17.7% for blacks, and 19.0 for Hispanics.

Year	Race/Ethnicity
	White		Black		Hispanic
	Rate	Std Error	Rate	Std Error	Rate	Std Error
1997	22.8	1.4	25.2	2.3	21.9	2.7
1998	22.3	1.2	23.7	1.9	20.5	1.9
1999	21.5	1.1	19.5	1.6	19.6	1.7
2000	20.5	1.0	21.2	1.8	20.3	1.5
2001	20.0	0.9	20.9	1.6	20.4	1.6
2002	19.6	1.0	21.3	1.6	18.3	1.6
2003	19.9	1.1	17.9	1.4	18.2	1.8
2004	18.4	1.0	17.6	1.3	17.7	1.9
2005	18.0	1.2	17.7	1.7	19.0	2.5

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Data Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics, Division of Health Interview Statistics, data from the National Health Interview Survey. Data computed by personnel in the Division of Diabetes Translation, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC.

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Age-Adjusted Prevalence of Visual Impairment per 100 Adults with Diabetes, by Race/Ethnicity, United States, 1997–2005