Registered Blind and Partially Sighted People in England by Age and Borough, 2008

Voluntary registration data for blind and partially sighted people in England, collected by Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities for the year ending 31 March 2008. The dataset includes counts by age groups from 0-4 to 75 and over, and by borough. The Greater London Authority provides this data, which is linked to eligibility for certain financial benefits, though its reliability as a definitive count is noted as difficult to determine.

Use Cases

• Analyze the distribution of visual impairment across different age groups based on the provided age brackets.
• Compare the prevalence of registered blindness versus partial sightedness across London boroughs.
• Investigate potential under-registration trends suggested by the description's mention of a concerning fall in new registrations between 2003 and 2006.
• Study the relationship between voluntary registration and access to financial benefits, as indicated in the description.

Strengths

• Data is broken down by specific age groups (0-4, 5-17, 18-49, 50-64, 65-74, 75 and over) and by borough.
• Registration is linked to financial benefits, which the description suggests gives the blind register more credibility.

Limitations

• The description explicitly states the reliability of the information is difficult to determine and it cannot be thought of as a definitive number.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset covers a single year (ending March 2008) with a noted gap in collection for 2009.

Provenance

Source

Greater London Authority, sourced from Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities (CASSRs) in England.

Collection Method

Voluntary registration maintained by local councils.

Time Range

Year ending 31 March 2008.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-24 21:09:37.446577; freshness should be verified as the underlying data is from 2008.

Geography

England, with breakdown by borough.