Table 2 Percentage change in crude prevalence, case number and age-standardised prevalence of MSVI and blindness due to URE in adults aged 50 years and older in the 7 Super Regions between 2000 and 2020.

Region

Men

Women

Both

Men

Women

Both

Men

Women

Both

Men

Women

Both

Men

Women

Both

Men

Women

Both

GLOBAL

−2.2% (−2.4 to −2.0)

−2.3% (−2.5 to−2.1)

−2.3% (−2.5 to −2.1)

+72.5% (72.2 to 72.8)

+71.6% (71.3 to 71.9)

+72.0% (71.7 to 72.3)

−3.0% (−3.1 to −2.8)

−2.0% (−2.2 to −1.8)

−2.4% (−2.6 to −2.2)

−31.0% (−31.2 to −30.8)

−30.6% (−30.8 to −30.5)

−30.8% (−31.0 to −30.6)

+21.7% (21.4 to 22.1)

+21.9% (21.6 to 22.2)

+21.8% (21.5 to 22.2)

−31.6% (−31.8 to −31.4)

−29.9% (−30.0 to −29.7)

−30.5% (−30.7 to −30.3)

Central Europe, Eastern Europe & Central Asia

−1.1% (−1.3 to −0.9)

−2.2% (−2.4 to −2.0)

−2.1% (−2.3 to −1.9)

+28.3% (28.1 to 28.6)

+21.0% (20.7 to 21.2)

+23.5% (23.3 to 23.7)

−2.3% (−2.5 to −2.1)

−2.3% (−2.5 to −2.2)

−2.8% (−2.9 to −2.6)

−16.8% (−17.0 to −16.5)

−11.1% (−11.4 to −10.8)

−13.5% (−13.8 to −13.2)

+8.0% (7.6 to 8.3)

+10.0% (9.7 to 10.4)

+9.2% (8.8 to 9.5)

−17.4% (−17.8 to −17.5)

−10.7% (−10.4 to −11.1)

−13.8% (−14.1 to −14.4)

High Income

+5.3% (5.1 to 5.5)

+3.6% (3.4 to 3.8)

+4.0% (3.8 to 4.2)

+55.0% (54.7 to 55.2)

+44.3% (44.1 to 44.6)

+48.6% (48.3 to 48.8)

−0.1% (−0.3 to 0.0)

+1.0% (0.8 to 1.2)

+0.1% (−0.1 to 0.3)

−4.6% (−4.9 to −4.3)

−4.6%(−4.9 to −4.4)

−4.7%(−4.9 to −4.4)

+40.4% (40.0 to 40.8)

+32.9% (32.5 to 33.2)

+36.2% (35.8 to 36.6)

−7.9%(−8.2 to −7.7)

−6.9%(−7.1 to −6.8)

−7.2%(−7.5 to −7.0)

Latin America and Caribbean

+1.4% (1.2 to 1.6)

+2.3% (2.1 to 2.5)

+1.9% (1.8 to 2.1)

+99.8% (99.4 to 100.2)

+109.4% (109.1 to 109.8)

+105.0% (104.6 to 105.4)

+0.4% (0.2 to 0.5)

+1.2% (1.0 to 1.4)

+0.8% (0.7 to 1.0)

−15.0% (−15.2 to −14.8)

−8.5% (−8.7 to −8.3)

−11.3% (−11.5 to −11.1)

+67.5% (67.1 to 68.0)

+87.3% (86.8 to 87.8)

+78.3% (77.9 to 78.8)

−15.9% (−16.1 to −15.7)

−10.4% (−10.6 to −10.1)

−12.7% (−12.9 to −12.5)

North Africa and Middle East

−11.8% (−12.0 to −11.6)

−9.6% (−9.8 to −9.4)

−10.7% (−10.9 to −10.5)

+83.2% (82.9 to 83.6)

+88.1% (87.8 to 88.5)

+85.7% (85.4 to 86.1)

−9.0% (−9.2 to −8.8)

−8.1% (−8.3 to −7.9)

−8.5% (−8.7 to −8.3)

−27.0% (−27.2 to −26.8)

−20.2% (−20.5 to −20.0)

−23.5% (−23.8 to −23.3)

+51.7% (51.3 to 52.2)

+66.0% (65.5 to 66.4)

+59.0% (58.5 to 59.5)

−23.2% (−23.4 to −23.0)

−18.3% (−18.5 to −18.1)

−20.7% (−20.9 to −20.5)

South Asia

−3.3% (−3.5 to −3.2)

−8.5% (−8.7 to −8.3)

−5.9% (−6.1 to −5.7)

+82.4% (82.1 to 82.8)

+85.0% (84.7 to 85.4)

+83.8% (83.4 to 84.1)

−4.3% (−4.5 to −4.1)

−8.9% (−9.1 to −8.8)

−6.7% (−6.8 to −6.5)

−39.4% (−39.5 to −39.2)

−47.2% (−47.4 to −47.1)

−43.6% (−43.7 to −43.4)

+14.5% (14.2 to 14.8)

+6.7% (6.4 to 7.0)

+10.2% (9.9 to 10.5)

−42.1% (−42.2 to −41.9)

−50.0% (−50.2 to −49.9)

−46.3% (−46.5 to −46.2)

Southeast Asia, East Asia and Oceania

−13.5% (−13.7 to −13.4)

−12.2% (−12.3 to −12.0)

−12.7% (−12.8 to −12.5)

+71.0% (70.7 to 71.3)

+79.2% (78.9 to 79.5)

+75.5% (75.1 to 75.8)

−14.9% (−15.1 to −14.8)

−12.3% (−12.5 to −12.2)

−13.5% (−13.7 to −13.4)

−39.4% (−39.5 to −39.2)

−37.8% (−37.9 to −37.6)

−38.4% (−38.6 to −38.3)

+19.9% (19.6 to 20.2)

+27.0% (26.6 to 27.3)

+23.7% (23.4 to 24.0)

−39.8% (−39.9 to −39.6)

−37.6% (−37.8 to −37.5)

−38.8% (−38.9 to −38.6)

Sub−Saharan Africa

−4.9% (−5.1 to −4.7)

−5.2% (−5.3 to −5.0)

−4.9% (−5.1 to −4.7)

+68.3% (68.0 to 68.6)

+84.0% (83.6 to 84.4)

+76.4% (76.1 to 76.8)

−3.7% (−3.8 to −3.5)

−3.3% (−3.5 to −3.1)

−3.4% (−3.5 to −3.2)

−12.8% (−13.0 to −12.6)

−16.7% (−17.0 to −16.5)

−14.8% (−15.1 to −14.6)

+54.3% (53.8 to 54.7)

+61.5% (61.1 to 62.0)

+58.0% (57.6 to 58.4)

−10.6% (−10.8 to −10.4)

−14.0% (−14.2 to −13.7)

−12.5% (−12.7 to −12.2)