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. 2005 Jun;39(2):55–62. doi: 10.4314/gmj.v39i2.35983

Table 5.

Prevalence of glaucoma and glaucoma suspect among 2298 people in the Volta region of Ghana in 2001.

Number of individuals
(%)
[number of eyes]
Glaucoma of both eyes 95 (4.1)
Glaucoma of one eye 19 (0.8)
Glaucoma suspect - one or both
eyes
252 (11.0) [393]
-based on IOP: 35 [63]
-IOP 22 to 29mm, C/D=0 to 0.2 16 [26]
-IOP 22 to 29mm, C/D 0.3 to 0.4 9 [17]
-IOP 30 mm +, C/D = 0 to 0.2 5 [10]
-IOP 30 mm +, C/D = 0.3 to 0.4 5 [10]
-based on C/D: 217 [336]
-0.5 128 [191]
-0.6 40 [64]
-0.7 29 [48]
-0.8 9 [15]
-0.9+ 11 [18]