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. 2024 Apr 2;38(11):2036–2046. doi: 10.1038/s41433-024-02995-5

Table 5.

Change in the burden of glaucoma MSVI (presenting visual acuity <6/18 but ≥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 9.57 (9.26–9.87) 8.55 (8.25–8.85) 9.04 (8.74–9.34) 93.24 (92.71–93.77) 90.69 (90.17–91.22) 91.92 (91.39–92.44) 3.70 (3.42–3.98) 7.30 (7.01–7.59) 5.94 (5.66–6.23)
High income countries 22.94 (22.58–23.30) 11.19 (10.86–11.53) 15.34 (15.00–15.68) 80.92 (80.38–81.45) 54.88 (54.42–55.35) 64.78 (64.29–65.27) 2.00 (1.70–2.29) 1.35 (1.05–1.64) 1.65 (1.36–1.95)
Central Europe, Eastern Europe and Central Asia 7.17 (6.85–7.49) 3.02 (2.71–3.32) 4.18 (3.87–4.48) 39.01 (38.59–39.42) 27.45 (27.08–27.83) 31.44 (31.06–31.83) −1.72 (−2.00–−1.43) −3.00 (−3.28–−2.72) −2.65 (−2.93–−2.37)
Latin America and Caribbean −0.37 (−0.64–−0.10) −0.71 (−0.98–−0.43) −0.65 (−0.92–−0.38) 96.34 (95.80–96.87) 103.24 (102.67–103.80) 99.77 (99.23–100.31) −4.79 (−5.05–−4.53) −6.32 (−6.57–−6.06) −5.75 (−6.01–−5.50)
North Africa and Middle East −16.22 (−16.46–−15.97) −11.59 (−11.86–−11.33) −14.05 (−14.30–−13.79) 74.08 (73.56–74.59) 83.97 (83.42–84.52) 78.72 (78.19–79.25) −9.88 (−10.15–−9.62) −10.12 (−10.38–−9.85) −10.23 (−10.50–−9.96)
South Asia −2.66 (−2.93–−2.38) −6.01 (−6.29–−5.74) −4.46 (−4.73–−4.18) 83.71 (83.18–84.24) 90.01 (89.46–90.57) 86.56 (86.03–87.10) −7.48 (−7.73–−7.23) −12.20 (−12.44–−11.96) −10.15 (−10.39–−9.90)
Southeast Asia, East Asia and Oceania 23.41 (23.07–23.75) 21.88 (21.54–22.22) 22.65 (22.31–22.98) 144.01 (143.33–144.68) 148.63 (147.93–149.32) 146.40 (145.73–147.07) 15.89 (15.58–16.19) 19.94 (19.62–20.27) 18.43 (18.11–18.75)
Sub-Saharan Africa −4.09 (−4.36–−3.82) −2.79 (−3.06–−2.53) −3.63 (−3.90–−3.36) 69.67 (69.20–70.14) 88.57 (88.06–89.09) 78.81 (78.31–79.30) 0.75 (0.48–1.02) 3.24 (2.96–3.52) 1.71 (1.44–1.98)