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JAMA. 2007;297:582-583.

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MMWR. 2006;55:1321-1325

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Blindness and visual impairment are among the 10 most common causes of disability in the United States¹ and are associated with shorter life expectancy and lower quality of life.^2,3 Previously, state-specific prevalences of visual impairment and eye disease were estimated from national prevalences. However, in 2005, five states (Iowa, Louisiana, Ohio, Tennessee, and Texas) provided state-specific estimates by using the new CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) vision module. CDC analyzed data from the module to determine the self-reported prevalence of visual impairment, eye disease, eye injury, and lack of eye-care insurance and eye examination among persons aged 50 years in each of these five states and among certain sociodemographic populations overall. This report describes the results of that analysis, which indicated variation in disease prevalence and use of eye care among individual states and also among racial/ethnic populations and age groups within the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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