IN THE U.S.A.
Roughly 2 million people
have advanced AMD.
Incidence is expected to
double by 2050
The number of people
living with
macular degeneration
is similar to that of those
who have been diagnosed with
all types of invasive cancers.
33 million
people
have visual impairment from
advanced AMD worldwide.
By 2020,
40 million
people
Will have visual
impairment from
advanced AMD
is the
estimated
cost of visual
impairment
in the world due to
advanced AMD.
Of that,
$255 billion
were direct health care
costs.