"Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most frequent cause of
blindness in the Western World. A report from the University of
Copenhagen and Glostrup Hospital in Denmark shows the number of new
cases of blindness and severe visual loss in Denmark has been halved
during the last ten years." That's the post from
Midwest Lens. "The study published in
American Journal of Ophthalmology
examined the records of 11,848 new cases of legal blindness. The rate of
blindness from AMD fell from 522 cases per million inhabitants aged 50
years or older in 2000, to 257 cases per million in 2010, a reduction by
over 50 per cent."
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