Table 1.

Current worldwide estimates of primary open-angle glaucoma including: (A) Middle Eastern (ME) prevalence which is based on the European model. (B) Revised ME and worldwide prevalence which is based on the clinical studies presented in this study^[3]

World region	Ratio glaucoma to population $>$ 40
	(A) ME prevalence based on European model	(B) ME prevalence based on published clinical data in the literature
Middle East	1.47%	3.07%
Europe	2.23%
Southeast Asia	2.38%
India	2.55%
China	2.66%
Latin America	3.35%
Japan	3.70%
Africa	4.32%
World	2.65%	3.03%