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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 12.
Published in final edited form as: Optom Vis Sci. 2011 Jan;88(1):155–163. doi: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3181fc30f3

Table 5. Burden Results.

Population Barbados Ghana
Per Person Total Per Person Total
Over 40 population 0.326 91,000 0.176 3,948,000
Glaucoma 0.096 9,000 0.061 242,000
Visually impaired 0.012 1,100 0.005 20,000
Blind 0.005 400 0.001 5,000
DALYs lost 0.006 500 0.002 8,000
Productivity lost $50 $5,000,000 $5 $21,000,000

DALY = disability-adjusted life year