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<p>As NHS Digital collects data on a triennial basis, data can only be provided for
two of the last five years.</p><p> </p><p>The number of people who were registered
as blind or severely sight impaired in 2013/14 and 2016/17, as well as the number
of people who were newly registered in those years is shown in the table below.</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of people registered blind
or severely sight impaired*</p></td><td><p>Number of new registrations*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>143,385</p></td><td><p>8,875</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>141,525</p></td><td><p>8,605</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source:
NHS Digital - The Registered Blind and Partially Sighted People collection (SSDA902).</p><p>
</p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>Data is also collected on registrations from those who
are partially sighted/sight impaired. The figures in the table relate only to those
registered blind or severely sight impaired.</p><p> </p><p>*Data is rounded to the
nearest five.</p>
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