Statistics by Country for Corneal Dystrophies

Prevalance of Corneal Dystrophies:

4,200 people have reduced vision because of corneal dystrophies in the US (Research to Prevent Blindness, NISE, NSF)

Prevalance Rate for Corneal Dystrophies:

approx 1 in 64,761 or 0.00% or 4,200 people in USA [about data]

Extrapolation of Prevalence Rate of Corneal Dystrophies to Countries and Regions:

WARNING! EXTRAPOLATION ONLY! NOT BASED ON COUNTRY-SPECIFIC DATA SOURCES. The following table attempts to extrapolate the above prevalence rate for Corneal Dystrophies to the populations of various countries and regions. These prevalence extrapolations for Corneal Dystrophies are only estimates, based on applying the prevalence rates from the US (or a similar country) to the population of other countries, and therefore may have very limited relevance to the actual prevalence of Corneal Dystrophies in any region:

About extrapolations of prevalence and incidence statistics for Corneal Dystrophies:

WARNING! EXTRAPOLATED STATISTICS ONLY! Not based on data sources from individual countries. These statistics are calculated extrapolations of various prevalence or incidence rates against the populations of a particular country or region. The statistics used for prevalence/incidence of Corneal Dystrophies are typically based on US, UK, Canadian or Australian prevalence or incidence statistics, which are then extrapolated using only the population of the other country. This extrapolation calculation is automated and does not take into account any genetic, cultural, environmental, social, racial or other differences across the various countries and regions for which the extrapolated Corneal Dystrophies statistics below refer to. The extrapolation does not use data sources or statistics about any country other than its population. As such, these extrapolations may be highly inaccurate (especially for developing or third-world countries) and only give a general indication (or even a meaningless indication) as to the actual prevalence or incidence of Corneal Dystrophies in that region. These statistics are presented only in the hope that they may be interesting to some people.

About prevalence and incidence statistics in general for Corneal Dystrophies:

The word 'prevalence' of Corneal Dystrophies usually means the estimated population of people who are managing Corneal Dystrophies at any given time (i.e. people with Corneal Dystrophies). The term 'incidence' of Corneal Dystrophies means the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Corneal Dystrophies diagnosed each year (i.e. getting Corneal Dystrophies). Hence, these two statistics types can differ: a short disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence, but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence. For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics.

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