Table 5.
Cases of glaucoma—category 1 cases combining “probable and definite” field defects (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 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 206 | 3.4 (1.7 to 6.8) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 293 | 0.7 (0.2 to 2.5) |
| 40–49 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 379 | 3.3 (1.9 to 5.6) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 367 | 2.7 (1.4 to 4.8) |
| 50–59 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 243 | 3.6 (1.9 to 6.6) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 204 | 2.9 (1.4 to 6.3) |
| 60–69 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 221 | 2.3 (1.0 to 5.2) | 1 | 5 | 3 | 205 | 4.4 (2.3 to 8.1) |
| 70–79 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 120 | 3.2 (1.3 to 8.0) | 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 to 19.4) |
| Total | 27 | 9 | 3 | 1220 | 3.2 (2.3 to 4.3) | 9 | 12 | 7 | 1127 | 2.5 (1.7 to 3.6) |
| Prevalence % (95% CI) for men and women combined | 2.9 (2.3 to 3.6) | |||||||||
*95% Confidence intervals calculated according to the Wilson method using Confidence Interval Analysis (CIA) Software (BMJ Publishing).