Research Article
The Cost of Blindness in the Republic of Ireland 2010–2020
Table 3
The estimated prevalence of blindness in the Republic of Ireland 2010–2020.
| Age group
| 2010
| 2015 | 2020 | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female |
| 0–4 | 43 | 51 | 48 | 56 | 49 | 57 | 5–9 | 80 | 69 | 89 | 76 | 98 | 83 | 10–14 | 144 | 122 | 156 | 134 | 172 | 147 | 15–19 | 142 | 125 | 150 | 130 | 161 | 142 | 20–24 | 163 | 164 | 150 | 148 | 153 | 150 | 25–29 | 189 | 189 | 166 | 172 | 147 | 150 | 30–34 | 214 | 202 | 247 | 234 | 213 | 209 | 35–39 | 240 | 217 | 279 | 248 | 316 | 283 | 40–44 | 239 | 248 | 279 | 284 | 320 | 321 | 45–49 | 259 | 247 | 288 | 264 | 334 | 300 | 50–54 | 273 | 263 | 309 | 298 | 341 | 318 | 55–59 | 300 | 305 | 333 | 339 | 376 | 384 | 60–64 | 347 | 285 | 381 | 314 | 424 | 349 | 65–69 | 339 | 283 | 432 | 362 | 478 | 400 | 70–74 | 383 | 388 | 463 | 454 | 597 | 583 | 75–79 | 483 | 610 | 563 | 676 | 699 | 802 | 80–84 | 628 | 952 | 780 | 1032 | 954 | 1170 | 85–89 | 577 | 1223 | 732 | 1359 | 981 | 1544 | 90+ | 603 | 1406 | 964 | 1883 | 1,442 | 2349 |
| Total
| 5,647 | 7349 | 6,809 | 8,463 | 8,256 | 9741 | Combined total
| 12,996 | 15,272 | 17,997 |
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