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. 2021 Jul 1;15:2855–2866. doi: 10.2147/OPTH.S313719

Table 2.

Estimated Total Cost and Proportion (%) of Total Cost in the US and Canada by IRD

Region US Canada
IRD Costs (Lower) US$ mil (%) Costs (Upper)
US$ mil (%)
Costs (Lower)
CAN$ mil (%)
Costs (Upper)
CAN$ mil (%)
RP 3,708 (27.6) 8,791 (27.6) 452 (28.0) 1,847 (28.0)
Rod-cone dystrophy 3,755 (28.0) 8,901 (28.0) 459 (27.6) 1,874 (27.6)
Stargardt disease 2,648 (19.7) 6,278 (19.7) 323 (19.7) 1,317 (19.7)
Cone-rod dystrophy 837 (6.2) 1,983 (6.2) 102 (6.2) 418 (6.2)
Choroideremia 484 (3.6) 1,148 (3.6) 59 (3.6) 242 (3.6)
Best Disease 443 (3.3) 1,049 (3.3) 54 (3.3) 220 (3.3)
Usher syndrome 371 (2.8) 880 (2.8) 45 (2.8) 185 (2.8)
XLRS 376 (2.8) 890 (2.8) 46 (2.8) 188 (2.8)
LCA 210 (1.6) 498 (1.6) 26 (1.6) 105 (1.6)
Cone dystrophy 200 (1.5) 473 (1.5) 24 (1.5) 100 (1.5)
BCM 141 (1.1) 335 (1.1) 17 (1.1) 71 (1.1)
BBS 92 (0.7) 219 (0.7) 11 (0.7) 46 (0.7)
LHON 84 (0.6) 200 (0.6) 10 (0.6) 42 (0.5)
Achromatopsia 64 (0.5) 152 (0.5) 8 (0.5) 32 (0.5)
Total 13,414 (100.0) 31,797 (100.0) 1,638 (100.0) 6,688 (100.0)