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Older adults in several race/ethnic subgroups in U.S. have high self-reported visual impairment

Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2009;16(3):144-150.

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Native Americans, Chinese Americans, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans and Central/South American individuals who were 45 years and older showed high rates of visual impairment when self-reporting about their sight, a study found.

"For middle-aged adults age 45-64 years, race/ethnic groups with high age-adjusted rates of any self-reported [visual impairment] ... include Native Americans, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans and those reporting mixed race/ethnicity," study authors said. "Among older adults age [who were at least] 65 years, understudied race/ethnic groups with high age-adjusted rates of any self-reported [visual impairment] include Native Americans, Chinese Americans, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans and Central/South Americans."

The study looked at National Health Interview Survey results of 122,649 individuals in the U.S. who were aged 45 years and older.

Patients were asked two questions that rated prevalence of sight impairment: "Do you have any trouble seeing, even when wearing glasses or contact lenses?" signifying some visual impairment and "Are you blind or unable to see at all?" signifying severe visual impairment.