* 1 in 12 people have some sort of color deficiency. About 8% of men and 0.4% of women in the US.
* 0.38% of women are deuteranomalous (around 95% of all color deficient women).
* 0.005% of the population are totally colour blind.
* 0.003% of the population have tritanopia.
* Protanomaly occurs in about 1% of males.
* Deuteranomaly occurs in about 5% of males. It's the most common color deficiency.
* Protanopia occurs in about 1% of males.
* Deuteranopia occurs in about 1% of males.
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The majority of affected individuals are males. Females are carriers, but are not normally affected. This indicates that the X chromosome is one of the locations for color blindness.
No one "dies" from blindness, that is unless no one stops them from walking into traffic.
over half the world
how many people were affected
thousands of people are affected
how does blindness affect our society
Over 10000 people where affected by the tsunami.
Everyone can be affected by monochromatic color blindness. Monochromatic color blindness is a condition where your color blind in only one eye.
Red/green color blindness may slightly increase an affected person's chances of contracting leprosy.