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What percentage of people in the world have 20/20 vision?
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Default What percentage of people in the world have 20/20 vision? - 01-05-2009, 01:24 PM

I have been told by my eye doctor that I have 20/20 vision with my glasses. This is supposed to be perfect vision. I am curious as to what percentage of the world's population has 20/20 vision. I would also be interested in the percentage for your perspective countries.
   
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Default 01-28-2009, 08:01 PM

I HAVE 20/20 but when you see how many ppl have glasses/contacts, it makes me think about 20% because even if you dont have them, you probably dont have 20/20 or even 19/20! lol
   
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May be 30% world's population has 20/20 vision
   
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Default 02-23-2011, 07:39 PM

It's been estimated that by the year 2020 (I guess eye specialist are comedians too), 50% of the world's population will be nearsighted. And that's not including farsighted, eye diseases, etc!

So I'd say the % of people with 20/20 is pretty low nowadays.


Pretty cool video I found about world vision statistics. You have to scroll down to almost bottom of the page, but I'm pretty sure it's on YouTube also.



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