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Childhood blindness.

P G Steinkuller1, L Du, C Gilbert

  • 1Department of Ophthalmology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.

Journal of AAPOS : the Official Publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
|March 11, 1999
PubMed
Summary

Worldwide, 1.5 million children are blind, with significant regional differences in causes and preventability. In the US, cortical visual impairment, retinopathy of prematurity, and optic nerve hypoplasia are leading causes of childhood blindness.

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Area of Science:

  • Ophthalmology
  • Public Health
  • Pediatrics

Background:

  • Childhood blindness affects approximately 1.5 million children globally, with significant regional disparities.
  • Socioeconomic factors heavily influence the prevalence, preventability, and treatability of pediatric blindness worldwide.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To consolidate global data on pediatric blinding diseases.
  • To provide current information on the causes of childhood blindness in the United States.

Main Methods:

  • Comprehensive literature review on pediatric blindness.
  • Direct contact with schools for the blind across the United States to gather data.

Main Results:

  • Globally, 5% of blindness occurs in children under 15; 1.5 million children are blind, concentrated in Asia and Africa.

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  • In developing nations, 30-72% of pediatric blindness is avoidable, with corneal opacification (due to measles, xerophthalmia, traditional eye medicine) being a primary cause.
  • In the US, the top causes are cortical visual impairment, retinopathy of prematurity, and optic nerve hypoplasia, with increasing trends in the former two.

    • Conclusions:

    • Marked regional variations in pediatric blindness prevalence and etiology exist, linked to socioeconomic factors affecting prevention and treatment.
    • Cortical visual impairment, retinopathy of prematurity, and optic nerve hypoplasia are the leading causes of childhood blindness in the US.
    • A standardized World Health Organization reporting format is needed for more uniform and complete data collection on pediatric blindness.