Visual Impairment
(asked on 7th July 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in each age group were registered as blind in each of the last five years.
Information on the number of people who are registered as blind or deaf is collected and published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre.
The following table shows the last available information related to the age distribution for people registered as deaf in England:
Year | All | under 18 | 18 - 64 | 65 - 74 | 75 and over |
2007 | 54,500 | 3,400 | 28,700 | 6,400 | 16,000 |
2010 | 56,400 | 2,200 | 30,100 | 6,700 | 17,400 |
The table below shows the latest available information related to the age distribution for people registered as blind in the last five years:
Year | Type | All | under 18 | 18 - 49 | 50 - 74 | 75 and over |
2008 | All cases | 152,980 | 4,780 | 19,330 | 30,460 | 98,270 |
New cases | 10,230 | 415 | 880 | 1,800 | 7,130 | |
2011 | All cases | 147,810 | 4,440 | 18,880 | 29,985 | 94,475 |
New cases | 9,110 | 405 | 985 | 1,740 | 5,975 | |
2014 | All cases | 143,385 | 4,275 | 19,570 | 31,620 | 87,920 |
New cases | 8,875 | 370 | 890 | 1,700 | 5,915 |