Sure, this info comes from the world blind union and is the most recent published numbers I could locate. They state 39 million out of 6.7 billion meet the US legal definition of blindness.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 19/09/2012, at 2:57, "Phil Halton" <philh...@comcast.net> wrote: > David wrote... > > The fact is, blindness, including legal blindness, is between .5% and .6% of > the world population. > > > > David, can you tell me where you get this information? I have always wondered > about the percent of the population that suffers from visual disabilities and > other such things. > > > > Any direction appreciated. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
