Table 5 Change in the burden of glaucoma MSVI (presenting visual acuity <6/18 but ≥3/60 attributed to glaucoma) in adults aged 50 years and older between 2000 and 2020.

From: Global estimates on the number of people blind or visually impaired by glaucoma: A meta-analysis from 2000 to 2020

Global/GBD Super-region

Crude Prevalence

Percentage change in number of cases

Percentage change in age standardized prevalence

 

Male (%, 95% UI)

Female (%, 95% UI)

Both (%, 95% UI)

Male (%, 95% UI)

Female (%, 95% UI)

Both (%, 95% UI)

Male (%, 95% UI)

Female (%, 95% UI)

Both (%, 95% UI)

Global

9.57 (9.26–9.87)

8.55 (8.25–8.85)

9.04 (8.74–9.34)

93.24 (92.71–93.77)

90.69 (90.17–91.22)

91.92 (91.39–92.44)

3.70 (3.42–3.98)

7.30 (7.01–7.59)

5.94 (5.66–6.23)

High income countries

22.94 (22.58–23.30)

11.19 (10.86–11.53)

15.34 (15.00–15.68)

80.92 (80.38–81.45)

54.88 (54.42–55.35)

64.78 (64.29–65.27)

2.00 (1.70–2.29)

1.35 (1.05–1.64)

1.65 (1.36–1.95)

Central Europe, Eastern Europe and Central Asia

7.17 (6.85–7.49)

3.02 (2.71–3.32)

4.18 (3.87–4.48)

39.01 (38.59–39.42)

27.45 (27.08–27.83)

31.44 (31.06–31.83)

−1.72 (−2.00–−1.43)

−3.00 (−3.28–−2.72)

−2.65 (−2.93–−2.37)

Latin America and Caribbean

−0.37 (−0.64–−0.10)

−0.71 (−0.98–−0.43)

−0.65 (−0.92–−0.38)

96.34 (95.80–96.87)

103.24 (102.67–103.80)

99.77 (99.23–100.31)

−4.79 (−5.05–−4.53)

−6.32 (−6.57–−6.06)

−5.75 (−6.01–−5.50)

North Africa and Middle East

−16.22 (−16.46–−15.97)

−11.59 (−11.86–−11.33)

−14.05 (−14.30–−13.79)

74.08 (73.56–74.59)

83.97 (83.42–84.52)

78.72 (78.19–79.25)

−9.88 (−10.15–−9.62)

−10.12 (−10.38–−9.85)

−10.23 (−10.50–−9.96)

South Asia

−2.66 (−2.93–−2.38)

−6.01 (−6.29–−5.74)

−4.46 (−4.73–−4.18)

83.71 (83.18–84.24)

90.01 (89.46–90.57)

86.56 (86.03–87.10)

−7.48 (−7.73–−7.23)

−12.20 (−12.44–−11.96)

−10.15 (−10.39–−9.90)

Southeast Asia, East Asia and Oceania

23.41 (23.07–23.75)

21.88 (21.54–22.22)

22.65 (22.31–22.98)

144.01 (143.33–144.68)

148.63 (147.93–149.32)

146.40 (145.73–147.07)

15.89 (15.58–16.19)

19.94 (19.62–20.27)

18.43 (18.11–18.75)

Sub-Saharan Africa

−4.09 (−4.36–−3.82)

−2.79 (−3.06–−2.53)

−3.63 (−3.90–−3.36)

69.67 (69.20–70.14)

88.57 (88.06–89.09)

78.81 (78.31–79.30)

0.75 (0.48–1.02)

3.24 (2.96–3.52)

1.71 (1.44–1.98)