By CLICK Staff
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May 2013 theme for
Healthy Vision Month is "Healthy Vision: Make It Last a Lifetime." The Center for Disease Control's Vision Health Initiative joins with the National Institutes of Health's National Eye Institute in encouraging everyone to make vision and eye health a lifetime priority. In 2010, approximately 4 million persons in the United States aged over 40 years had vision impairment (including low vision and blindness); by 2050, this number is projected to reach 13 million. Vision disorders are the seventh most common chronic condition for persons aged over 65 years, the ninth most common for those aged 50–64 years, and the third most common for those aged under 17 years. A wealth of information about activities that promote prevention, early detection, and treatment of eye diseases leading to vision impairment is available for eyecare professionals to share with their patients and for them to refer patients to for more details are posted on the Center for Disease Control
site and on the National Eye Institute
site.
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