The macula is in the back of the eye and serves central vision.
Macular degeneration is the leading cause of legal blindness in the senior population.
It is very prevalent among lightly-pigmented seniors, but is uncommon in people of African descent. Most people with macular degeneration experiences little or no loss of peripheral vision, but loss of central, reading vision is not rare. In those who do lose central vision, side vision needed for walking and functioning around the house is generally unaffected. Total blindness from macular degeneration is rare. Dry Macular Degeneration Macular degeneration is divided into two forms.