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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Ophthalmol. 2012 Apr 27;154(2):315–325.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2012.02.014

Table 8.

Incidence of Open-Angle Glaucoma in Population based Studies

Study Country Year Sample size OAG cases Years Incidence Estimate Average/year
Melbourne Australia 2002 3271 12 5 1.1%/5years 0.22%
Rotterdam Netherlands 2005 6780 87 6.5 1.8%/5years 0.36%
Barbados West Indies 2001 3427 148 4 4.3%/4years 1.08%
Barbados West Indies 2006 3222 266 9 9.4%/9years 1.04%
LALES USA 2008 4435 87 4 2.45%/4years 0.61%

OAG: open angle glaucoma