The number of people in the UK suffering from age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is expected to rise by a quarter in the next decade, according to research published this month in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.
More than 600,000 people currently suffer from AMD in the UK, with that figure set to rise to more than 750,000 according to the predictions, with the rise in numbers mostly because people are living longer.
Despite these findings a subsequent poll of 4,000 people by the College of Optometrists investigating the nation's attitude and behaviour towards eye health revealed that half of those surveyed had not heard of AMD.
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