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Table 1 Global estimates of the number of people under blind, low vision and visually impaired under different age groups as released by the World Health Organization

From: Design, development and performance analysis of cognitive assisting aid with multi sensor fused navigation for visually impaired people

Ages (in years)

Population in millions

Total

Blind

Low vision

Visually impaired

0–14

1848.50

1.421

17.518

18.939

15–49

3548.20

5.784

74.463

80.248

50 and older

1340.80

32.16

154.043

186.203