DiabetesSightRisk.com

45% of patients with diabetes will have diabetic eye disease, which can lead to severe vision loss or even blindness. Between 2005 & 2008, 28% of patients 40 years of age or older had diabetic eye disease, which can lead to a loss of vision. Of those, 4% had advanced diabetic eye disease, such as Diabetic Macular Edema, that could lead to severe vision loss.