Table 4.
Cases of glaucoma—category 1 cases required a “definite” field defect (n = 2347)
| Age (years) | Men | Women | ||||||||
| Diagnostic category | Diagnostic category | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | No | Prevalence % (95% CI) | 1 | 2 | 3 | No | Prevalence % (95% CI) | |
| 35–39 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 206 | 1.5 (0.5 to 4.2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 293 | 0.0 (0.0 to 1.3) |
| 40–49 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 379 | 1.6 (0.7 to 3.4) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 367 | 1.4 to (0.6 to 3.1) |
| 50–59 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 243 | 2.1 (0.9 to 4.7) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 204 | 2.9 (1.4 to 6.3) |
| 60–69 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 221 | 1.4 (0.5 to 3.9) | 0 | 5 | 3 | 205 | 3.9 (2.0 to 7.5) |
| 70–79 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 120 | 2.5 (0.9 to 7.1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 2.4 (0.4 to 12.3) |
| 80+ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 2.0 (0.3 to 10.3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 (0.0 to 19.4) |
| Total | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1220 | 1.8 (1.2 to 2.7) | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1127 | 1.8 (1.2 to 2.7) |
| Prevalence % (95% CI) for men and women combined | 1.8 (1.3 to 2.4) | |||||||||
*95% Confidence intervals calculated according to the Wilson method using Confidence Interval Analysis (CIA) Software (BMJ Publishing).