Age-Specific Causes of Bilateral Visual Impairment

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Abstract
VISUAL IMPAIRMENT increases with age and is estimated to affect from 3.9 to 4.7%1,2 of Australians older than 40 years. Understanding the age-specific causes of visual impairment is fundamental to eye health care planning. The first point of contact a patient has with the health care system is generally the family physician; thus, it is important that the distribution of eye diseases be understood by a wide array of health care professionals to ensure early diagnosis and appropriate referral. This is especially true among elderly patients, in whom eye disease is often only one of a constellation of age-related illnesses.