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Projected prevalences of age-related eye diseases
Barbara E K Klein1, Ronald Klein
1Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin.
Purpose:
To examine projections of age-related eye diseases in the United States for health care planning.
Methods:
Review of published scientific articles, census data, and unpublished research findings.
Results:
The numbers of cases of all age-related eye diseases are expected to rise in the coming years. These projections are primarily based upon population projections, but give little consideration to changes in health behaviors, racial/ethnic differences, environmental exposures, and changes in health care practices that may influence estimates of costs of actual health care burden.
Conclusions:
Ongoing monitoring of trends in eye disease distribution is needed rather than projections based on old data that may be inadequate for generating reliable prediction models. There is a perpetual need to train new researchers with expertise in epidemiology, as the exigency for current prevalence estimates is crucial to maximize optimal visual health in the population.
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