Country Map & Estimates of Vision Loss

Sweden

In 2020 in Sweden, there were an estimated 580,000 people with vision loss. Of these, 27,000 people were blind.

Finland
Crude prevalence of vision loss: 6.8%
Population affected: 379,089

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Source: Crude prevalence, data from VLEG/GBD 2020 model

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Crude prevalence of vision loss, 2020

(all ages, males & females)

Source: Data from VLEG/GBD 2020 model, accessed via the IAPB Vision Atlas

National indicators for eye health services in Sweden

IAPB has collected key national indicator data on an annual basis since 2008.

Data sources include Ministry of Health staff or other key respondents, as well as published data. Data have not been received for all countries, or all indicators. The “Year Last Reported” column shows the most recent data received, and “No data” indicates no data available to IAPB in any year since 2008.

More information on data sources and limitations is available on the National indicators page.

Indicator

Data

Rank

Year Last Reported

Data Source

Cataract surgical service delivery

Effective cataract surgical coverage (eCSC)

No data

Cataract surgeries performed (annual)

114,300

20 of 120

Cataract surgical rate (CSR) (per million)

11,463

8 of 176

2018

Eurostat

Number of eye care personnel by cadre

No. of ophthalmologists

900

2015

Resnikoff et al., 2020

Ophthalmologists per million

23 of 191

2015

Resnikoff et al., 2020

No. of optometrists

2,100

2018

WCO/AVRI/BHVI

Optometrists per million

207.9

12 of 159

2018

WCO/AVRI/BHVI

No. of allied ophthalmic personnel

No data

Allied ophthalmic personnel per million

No data

Data and assessments

Eye health prevalence data survey completed (since 1987)

RAAB

1993

VLEG

Eye Care Service Assessment completed?

No data

International Vision Health Scorecard

7.5

4 of 15

2020

Global Coalition on Aging

National eye health resources and plans

National Eye Health Co-ordinator

No data

National Eye Committee

No data

National Eye Health Plan

No data

National Eye Health Plan Start Date

No data

National Eye Health Plan End Date

No data

Data sources and references

1 study included in VLEG analysis from Sweden

0

Studies with national coverage

1

Studies with subnational coverage

1

Studies reporting distance vision loss

0

Studies reporting near vision loss

0%

Studies using RAAB methodology

1993

Most recent study

IAPB members in Sweden:

Members with in-country offices

Website

https://www.sightsavers.org/

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CONSENT [x2]	Google YouTube	Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR-compliance of the website.	2 years	HTTP
rc::a	Google	This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website.	Persistent	HTML
rc::c	Google	This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots.	Session	HTML
CookieConsent [x2]	Cookiebot	Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain	1 year	HTTP
JSESSIONID	New Relic	Preserves users states across page requests.	Session	HTTP
__cf_bm	Vimeo	This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website.	1 day	HTTP
hex (32)	IBM	Used to manage server calls to the website's backend systems.	Session	HTTP

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_ga [x2]	valuedsupplier.iapb.org	Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.	399 days	HTTP
_ga_#	valuedsupplier.iapb.org	Used by Google Analytics to collect data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit.	399 days	HTTP
_gat [x2]	Google valuedsupplier.iapb.org	Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate	1 day	HTTP
_gid [x2]	Google valuedsupplier.iapb.org	Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.	1 day	HTTP
p.gif	Adobe Inc.	Keeps track of special fonts used on the website for internal analysis. The cookie does not register any visitor data.	Session	Pixel
History.store	IBM	Contains an visitor ID - This is used to track visitors' navigation and interaction on the website for internal website-optimization.	Session	HTML
umte_rpin	IBM	Collects statistics on the user's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been read.	Persistent	HTML
vuid	Vimeo	Collects data on the user's visits to the website, such as which pages have been read.	399 days	HTTP

Name	Provider	Purpose	Expiry	Type
fr	Meta Platforms, Inc.	Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers.	3 months	HTTP
ads/ga-audiences	Google	Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor's online behaviour across websites.	Session	Pixel
NID	Google	Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user's device. The ID is used for targeted ads.	6 months	HTTP
_session_id [x2]	Kumu	Stores visitors' navigation by registering landing pages - This allows the website to present relevant products and/or measure their advertisement efficiency on other websites.	Session	HTTP
_fbp	Meta Platforms, Inc.	Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers.	3 months	HTTP
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	YouTube	Tries to estimate the users' bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos.	179 days	HTTP
YSC	YouTube	Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.	Session	HTTP
yt.innertube::nextId	YouTube	Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.	Persistent	HTML
yt.innertube::requests	YouTube	Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.	Persistent	HTML
ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY	YouTube	Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content.	Persistent	HTML
yt-remote-cast-available	YouTube	Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video	Session	HTML
yt-remote-cast-installed	YouTube	Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video	Session	HTML
yt-remote-connected-devices	YouTube	Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video	Persistent	HTML
yt-remote-device-id	YouTube	Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video	Persistent	HTML
yt-remote-fast-check-period	YouTube	Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video	Session	HTML
yt-remote-session-app	YouTube	Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video	Session	HTML
yt-remote-session-name	YouTube	Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video	Session	HTML

Name	Provider	Purpose	Expiry	Type
_pouch_check_localstorage	Kumu	Pending	Persistent	HTML
#==	IBM	Pending	Persistent	HTML
cm_mmca1	IBM	Pending	Persistent	HTML
pb	IBM	Pending	Persistent	HTML
pr	IBM	Pending	Persistent	HTML
privateBrowseTest	IBM	Pending	Persistent	HTML
iapb_visit_time	valuedsupplier.iapb.org	Pending	1 year	HTTP
BROWNIE	Weglot	Pending	Session	HTTP
notice_preferences_master	IBM	Pending	13 months	HTTP

Country Map & Estimates of Vision Loss

Sweden

In 2020 in Sweden, there were an estimated 580,000 people with vision loss. Of these, 27,000 people were blind.

Sweden

Breakdown of vision loss chart

Crude prevalence of vision loss, 2020

(all ages, males & females)

National indicators for eye health services in Sweden

1 study included in VLEG analysis from Sweden

0

1

1

0

0%

1993

IAPB members in Sweden:

Members with in-country offices

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