Table 1. Estimated population with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD), 2008–2011, Brazil.

Year	Age	Population a	Population, AMD b	Population, neovascular AMD c
2008	70–79	5,834,495	126,609	268,228
	≥ 80	2,669,251	275,734
2009	70–79	6,009,549	130,407	279,292
	≥ 80	2,793,135	288,531
2010	70–79	6,305,085	136,820	293,378
	≥ 80	2,935,585	303,246
2011	70–79	6,350,417	137,804	295,451
	≥ 80	2,956,176	305,373

^apopulation projected,

^bmeta-analysis was conducted using random effects,

^c neovascular AMD would account for two-thirds of all cases of the disease.