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. 2008 Oct 26;8:21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2415-8-21

Table 1.

Data from Glaucoma Awareness Week (2004–2007)

2004 2005 2006 2007 Total
Total number registered 259 343 457 522 1581
Established glaucoma patients 145 (60%) 105 (30.6%) 231 (50.5%) 342 (65.5%) 823 (52.1%)
Newly diagnosed glaucoma patients 28 (10.8%) 38 (11.1%) 33 (7.2%) 21 (4.0%) 120 (7.6%)
Humphrey visual field analysis 129 137 235 203 704
FDT perimetry 123 53 42 147 365
Pachymetry 86 34 26 52 198
Optical coherence tomography - - 6 24 30
Disc photography 57 17 90 112 276
Bottles of medication distributed 51 87 264 368 770
Laser treatments 14 11 5 17 47
Patients supported for surgery 11 15 16 11 53

FDT = frequency doubling technology. Note that the quantity of medication distributed may not equal the number of glaucoma patients seen during a given year as not all established glaucoma patients received free medication in 2004 and 2005, and some patients received more than one sample in subsequent years. Similarly, some patients may have received both medication and another form of treatment (i.e. laser or surgery).