Macular disease accounts for nearly 10% of world's blindness

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In 2010, 2.1 million people were blind and 6 million people were visually impaired because of macular diseases other than diabetic maculopathy, according to a meta-analysis conducted by members of the Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study Group.

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