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Increase the use of assistive and adaptive devices by people with vision loss — V‑09 Data

Status: Baseline only

  Baseline only

Most Recent Data:
12.4 percent (2017) *

Target:
15.9 percent *

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

Baseline:
12.4 percent of adults 18 years and over with visual impairment used assistive and adaptive devices in 2017 *

Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.

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Confidence Interval (CI) not available Standard Error (SE) not available Confidence Interval (CI) and Standard Error (SE) are not available

Use of assistive and adaptive devices by persons with visual impairment, 2017 * 
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2017
Total
12.4
CI 11.1 / 13.9
SE 0.725