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Study: Poor eye health prevalent across the U.S. South, where poverty and vision loss often go together

kkrisberg | May 29, 2015

Another day, another study that finds poverty is linked to adverse and often preventable health outcomes. This time, it’s vision loss. Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published new data finding that poverty is significantly correlated with severe vision loss, which is defined as being blind or having serious difficulties seeing even with glasses. In examining data from the American Community Survey, researchers found that among counties in the top quartile for severe vision loss, more than 55 percent were also in the top quartile for poverty. The South is home to…

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Study: Poor eye health prevalent across the U.S. South, where poverty and vision loss often go together

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