In the U.S are estimated to be over 1 million legally blind people, including over 700,000 women.Of the 3.4 million Americans suffering from visual impairment, about 2.3 million are women.Women bear a larger burden than do men in the U.S. and other industrialized countries because, on average, they outlive men.Adding to the inequity, however, is the possibility of biological (perhaps hormonal or immunological) predisposition to some eye diseases known to be more prevalent in women.
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