Blindness – How big is the problem?

Main causes of visual impairment are:

According to estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO)

Globally, it is estimated that approximately 1.3 billion people live with some form of vision impairment.
With regards to distance vision, 188.5 million people have mild vision impairment, 217 million have moderate to severe vision impairment, and 36 million people are blind (1).
With regards to near vision, 826 million people live with a near vision impairment (2).
Globally, the leading causes of vision impairment are uncorrected refractive errors and cataracts.
Approximately 80% of all vision impairment globally is considered avoidable.
The majority of people with vision impairment are over the age of 50 years.

In India the current scenario and projected demand for cornea is

Current Keratoplasty	20000 per year
Vision 2020 by EBAI Management	1,00,000 per year – Keratoplasty Surgeries
Current Mortality Rate	Approximately 1 (One) million per year
As per 2011 Estimates	14 eye banks collected more than 1000 eyes

Statistics of Eye Donation – The table shows that data of eye donations across different states of India in the year 2012-13

EBAI Utilization Data