“The Vision and Eye Health Surveillance System (VEHSS) modeled estimates of Glaucoma are CDC’s primary estimates of the prevalence of glaucoma in the United States.

“VEHSS used a statistical model to combine multiple sources of data available in VEHSS to produce these estimates.

In 2022, an estimated 4.2 million Americans of all ages were living with glaucoma, including 1.5 million people with vision-affecting glaucoma. Non-Hispanic Black people had the highest crude prevalence rate of glaucoma (1.97%) and vision-affecting glaucoma (0.74%). Females had higher prevalence rates than males for glaucoma (1.36% vs. 1.17%) and vision-affecting glaucoma (0.48% vs. 0.41%).”

Center for Disease Control and Prevention – CDC (VEHSS Modeled Estimates: Prevalence of Glaucoma | Vision and Eye Health Surveillance System (VEHSS) | CDC)