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> DR is the leading cause of blindness in working-age adults even in the developed world.

It is changing though - it's not been true for the UK since 2014 - https://www.gov.uk/government/news/diabetes-no-longer-leadin...

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That's correct. UK is the only major (in some vague sense) Country where diabetic retinopathy is not the leading cause of preventable blindness in adults. This is very likely because they are able to screen more than 80% (nearing 85%) of their diabetic population, an impressive feat. This leads to another issue: they need to consistently grade the retinal images of over 2.2 million patients with diabetes. This is where AI could help -- in improving the consistency and turn-around time and we are working with the NHS UK to explore this.

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