Re: lvtf-ACTION-44: Do fact check on WHO estimates

from http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs282/en/
285 million people are estimated to be visually impaired worldwide: 39
million are blind and 246 have low vision.
doing the math:
low vision as percentage of visually impaired population 285/246 = 86.32 or
86%
blind as a percentage of visually impaired population 39/285 = 13.68 or 14%

statement should read
"(WHO) estimates that there are 246 million people worldwide who have low
vision and 39 million people are blind, indicating that generally 14% of
people with visual impairments are blind and 86% have low vision."

On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 10:22 AM, Low Vision Accessibility Task Force Issue
Tracker <sysbot+tracker@w3.org> wrote:

> lvtf-ACTION-44: Do fact check on "(who) estimates that there are 246
> million people worldwide who have low vision and 39 million people are
> blind, indicating that generally 16% of people with visual impairments are
> blind and 84% have low vision."
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> http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/low-vision-a11y-tf/track/actions/44
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> Assigned to: Jim Allan
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