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Macular degeneration is a degenerative disease of the retina that causes progressive loss of central vision. Age-related macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness in developed countries and affects one in three people over the age of 85.

The most common forms of this disease usually affect patients over the age of 60, and these forms are collectively the most common cause of legal blindness in developed countries. These late-onset forms are usually called "age-related macular degeneration." Age-related macular degeneration is extremely common with as many as one in three patients over the age of 85 affected to some degree.
Fortunately, severe visual loss is much less common, affecting perhaps one in 50 people over the age of 85.

University of Iowa Center for Macular Degeneration

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