Table 1.

Projection of the number of people (aged between 40 and 80 years, in millions) with primary glaucoma in 2020 and 2040

World regiona	2020a	2040a
Asia	46.24 (33.08−65.91)	66.83 (48.39–93.77)
Africa	10.31 (6.41−15.28)	19.14 (11.89–28.30)
Europe	7.12 (5.20−9.68)	7.85 (5.76–10.55)
North America	3.94 (2.61−5.72)	4.72 (3.13–6.75)
Latin America and the Caribbean	8.11 (4.46−14.62)	12.86 (7.12–22.85)
Oceania	0.30 (0.16−0.50)	0.42 (0.22–0.69)
Worldwide	76.02 (51.92–111.7)	111.82 (76.50–162.9)

^aData from the systematic review by Tham et al. [22]