# Global burden of low vision and blindness due to age-related macular degeneration from 1990 to 2021 and projections for 2050

*PRI Rank #9 · Topics and Trends in Most Cited Retinal Diseases and Treatments Papers, Class of 2026*

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| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Rank | #9 |
| 18m citations | 70 |
| Journal | BMC Public Health |
| Year | 2024 |
| DOI | 10.1186/s12889-024-21047-x |
| Corresponding authors | Jianping Ren |
| Institution | Hangzhou Normal University, China |

**Ranking page:** [Topics and Trends in Most Cited Retinal Diseases and Treatments Papers, Class of 2026](https://pri.pepkio.com/top-papers/retinal-diseases-and-treatments/2026)

**Paper link:** [10.1186/s12889-024-21047-x](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-21047-x)

## Topics

Age-related macular degeneration · Global Burden of Disease (GBD 2021) study · Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) · Age-standardized prevalence rate (ASPR) · Age-standardized DALY rate (ASDALYR) · Estimated annual percentage change (EAPC) · K-means clustering · Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) model · Exponential Smoothing (ES) model · Socio-Demographic Index (SDI) · Low vision · blindness · Sub-Saharan Africa regional trends · Sex-based disease burden disparity · Age-related disease burden · Population aging · 2050 burden projections · Regional stratification by socioeconomic development · 204 countries and regions coverage · Public health resource allocation

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