Table 2.
Ophthalmologist densities of each regional VTDR population.
| Region | Number of ophthalmologists | Number of ophthalmologists per 1000 VTDR populationa | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Lower limit of VTDR population | Upper limit of VTDR population | ||
| AFR | 2007 | 0.91 | 1.46 | 0.49 |
| EUR | 74,615 | 18.03 | 22.82 | 12.53 |
| MENA | 21,419 | 4.81 | 6.88 | 3.61 |
| NAC | 24,444 | 4.90 | 5.86 | 4.37 |
| SACA | 27,987 | 17.41 | 21.11 | 14.01 |
| SEA | 18,403 | 7.41 | 9.75 | 5.77 |
| WP | 64,969 | 6.21 | 6.99 | 4.96 |
| Global | 233,844 | 7.16 | 8.79 | 5.52 |
AFR Africa, EUR Europe, MENA Middle East and North Africa, NAC North America and Caribbean, SAC South and Central America, SEA South East Asia, WP Western Pacific.
aRatio for each region is obtained by dividing the number of ophthalmologists by VTDR population number listed in Table 1.