Silver Book Fact
Increase in trouble seeing with age, 2010
10.3% of the non-institutionalized adults 65 years and older have some trouble seeing, even with glasses or contacts. That number increases to 16.5% in adults 75 years and older.
National Center for Health Statistics. Health: United States, 2010: With special feature on death and dying. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2010. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus10.pdf