American Community Survey (ACS) – Vision and Eye Health Surveillance

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) United States Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Vision & Eye Health

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United States Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Vision & Eye Health. American Community Survey (ACS) – Vision and Eye Health Surveillance. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2026-01-17. https://doi.org/10.3886/E244319V1

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title American Community Survey (ACS) – Vision and Eye Health Surveillance
Summary:  View help for Summary 2014 - 2022 (excluding 2020). This dataset is a de-identified summary table of vision and eye health data indicators from ACS, stratified by all available combinations of age group, race/ethnicity, sex, and state. ACS is an annual nationwide survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau that collects information on demographic, social, economic, and housing characteristics of the U.S. population. Approximate sample size is 3 million annually. ACS data for VEHSS includes one question related to Visual Function. Data were suppressed for cell sizes less than 30 persons, or where the relative standard error more than 30% of the mean. Data will be updated as it becomes available. Detailed information on VEHSS ACS analyses can be found on the VEHSS ACS webpage (link). Additional information about ACS can be found on the U.S. Census Bureau website (https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/programs-surveys/acs/about/ACS_Information_Guide.pdf). The VEHSS ACS dataset was last updated April 2024 Read less
Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://data.cdc.gov/Vision-Eye-Health/American-Community-Survey-ACS-Vision-and-Eye-Healt/thir-stei/about_data

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms acs; visual function; glasses; contact lenses
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes (Downloaded 1/16/2026)


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