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VI was reported based on presenting visual acuity (PVA), uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA), and best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) of equal to 20\/60 or worse in the better eye. Blindness was reported as visual acuity worse than 20\/400 in the better eye.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In the present study, 5711 articles were identified, and the final analyses were done on 80 articles including 769,720 people from twenty-eight different countries. The prevalence of VI based on UCVA was 7.26% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 4.34%\u201310.19%), PVA was 3.82% (95% CI: 2.06%\u20135.57%), BCVA was 1.67% (95% CI 0.97%\u20132.37%), and blindness was 0.17% (95% CI: 0.13%\u20130.21%). Refractive errors were the most common cause of VI in the subjects of selected articles (77.20% [95% CI: 73.40%\u201381.00%]). 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