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Mortality Statistics > Blindness and low vision (per capita) (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   Cuba: 0.264387 deaths per 1 million peo 
#2   Nicaragua: 0.182983 deaths per 1 million peo 
#3   Israel: 0.159312 deaths per 1 million peo 
#4   El Salvador: 0.149142 deaths per 1 million peo 
#5   Sweden: 0.111086 deaths per 1 million peo 
#6   Canada: 0.0914495 deaths per 1 million peo 
#7   Korea, South: 0.0822352 deaths per 1 million peo 
#8   United States: 0.0507213 deaths per 1 million peo 
#9   Australia: 0.049776 deaths per 1 million peo 
#10   Japan: 0.0156965 deaths per 1 million peo 
#11   Germany: 0.0121314 deaths per 1 million peo 
#12   Mexico: 0.00941593 deaths per 1 million peo 
#13   Brazil: 0.00537308 deaths per 1 million peo 
Weighted average: 0.1 deaths per 1 million peo  


DEFINITION: Total for all ages and sexes. Database compiled January 2004. Total of figures for:
  • Blindness and low vision
  • Blindness, both eyes
  • Blindness, one eye, low vision other eye
  • Low vision, both eyes
  • Unqualified visual loss, both eyes
  • population.

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NOTES: These statistics are derived from official causes of death detailed on certificates of death by each country. Rather than being a true indicator of the number of deaths attributed to a particular cause, mortality statistics reveal more about a particular country's reporting processes.

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