> But what is the lower bound where it starts to get that common, is the question?
This data is available at the NIH link I posted earlier, which breaks things down into 5 year spans.
The lower bound is 10%, since that's the prevalence by age 59.
> Does it affect people in their careers that often? probably not.
The data makes this assertion obviously wrong. A huge number of people get cataracts during their working years.
Fortunately, surgery to treat cataracts has a 95% success rate. Unfortunately, it's not 100% (and anecdotally I know multiple individuals in the lucky 5% whose vision has not improved after cataract surgery.)
This data is available at the NIH link I posted earlier, which breaks things down into 5 year spans.
The lower bound is 10%, since that's the prevalence by age 59.
> Does it affect people in their careers that often? probably not.
The data makes this assertion obviously wrong. A huge number of people get cataracts during their working years.
Fortunately, surgery to treat cataracts has a 95% success rate. Unfortunately, it's not 100% (and anecdotally I know multiple individuals in the lucky 5% whose vision has not improved after cataract surgery.)