Table 4.
Change in the burden of glaucoma blindness (presenting visual acuity <3/60, attributed to glaucoma) in adults aged 50 years and older between 2000 and 2020.
| Global/GBD Super-region | Crude Prevalence | Percentage change in number of cases | Percentage change in age standardized prevalence | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male (%, 95% UI) | Female (%, 95% UI) | Both (%, 95% UI) | Male (%, 95% UI) | Female ((%, 95% UI) | Both (%, 95% UI) | Male (%, 95% UI) | Female (%, 95% UI) | Both (%, 95% UI) | |
| Global | −20.30 (−20.50–−20.09) | −19.42 (−19.64–−19.21) | −19.87 (−20.08–−19.66) | 40.57 (40.20–40.93) | 41.55 (41.17–41.93) | 41.03 (40.66–41.41) | −26.06 (−26.24–−25.87) | −21.75 (−21.96–−21.54) | −23.34 (−23.54–−23.14) |
| High income countries | 10.01 (9.74–−10.28) | 1.55 (1.27–1.83) | 5.38 (5.11–5.65) | 61.89 (61.49–62.28) | 41.45 (41.06–41.84) | 50.55 (50.16–50.94) | −9.88 (−10.10–−9.66) | −9.86 (−10.10–−9.61) | −8.71 (−8.95–−8.48) |
| Central Europe, Eastern Europe and Central Asia | −16.23 (−16.46–−16.01) | −21.10 (−21.32–−20.89) | −19.01 (−19.24–−18.79) | 8.66 (8.36–8.95) | −2.39 (−2.66–−2.12) | 2.18 (1.90–2.46) | −25.19 (−25.38–−25.00) | −28.64 (−28.83–−28.45) | −26.62 (−26.81–−26.43) |
| Latin America and Caribbean | −10.22 (−10.46–−9.97) | −2.97 (−3.24–−2.69) | −7.06 (−7.32–−6.81) | 76.93 (76.44–77.41) | 98.61 (98.05–99.16) | 86.87 (86.36–87.39) | −16.17 (−16.40–−15.94) | −11.90 (−12.15–−11.65) | −14.47 (−14.71–−14.24) |
| North Africa and Middle East | −34.60 (−34.79–−34.42) | −27.97 (−28.19–−27.76) | −31.96 (−32.15–−31.76) | 35.88 (35.50–36.26) | 49.88 (49.43–50.33) | 41.48 (41.08–41.89) | −29.42 (−29.61–−29.22) | −29.33 (−29.54–−29.12) | −30.04 (−30.23–−29.84) |
| South Asia | −27.90 (−28.11–−27.69) | −29.29 (−29.50–−29.08) | 36.07 (35.67–36.47) | 41.02 (40.59–41.45) | 38.08 (37.67–38.49) | −32.90 (−33.08–−32.71) | −37.45 (−37.63–−37.27) | −35.75 (−35.93–−35.57) | |
| Southeast Asia, East Asia and Oceania | −35.28 (−35.47–−35.09) | −35.62 (−35.81–−35.43) | −35.49 (−35.68–−35.30) | 27.97 (27.60–28.35) | 31.34 (30.95–31.72) | 29.60 (29.22–29.98) | −41.07 (−41.24–−40.91) | −37.77 (−37.94–−37.59) | −38.99 (−39.16–−38.82) |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | −21.52 (−21.73–−21.32) | −21.38 (−21.59–−21.16) | −21.91 (−22.11–−21.70) | 38.84 (38.47–39.20) | 52.53 (52.12–52.94) | 44.89 (44.51–45.28) | −17.82 (−18.03–−17.61) | −15.16 (−15.38–−14.93) | −16.85 (−17.06–−16.64) |