Table 2 Incidence of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) per 100,000 person-years in the Merative™ Marketscan® Research Database between 2007 and 2016.

From: Epidemiology of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in commercially insured myopes in the United States

Year

Number of patients

Mean days at risk

Person-years at risk

New diagnosis of RRD

Incidence of RRD per 100,000 person-years

95% confidence interval

2007

22,163,189

340.43

20,671,272.41

6,945

33.60

32.84–34.36

2008

33,841,550

332.26

30,806,408.00

8,471

27.50

26.94–28.06

2009

36,170,889

331.85

32,886,146.16

8,114

24.67

24.16–25.18

2010

35,906,604

329.82

32,446,230.47

7,743

23.86

23.35–24.37

2011

37,921,042

327.43

34,017,273.32

8,472

24.90

24.40–25.40

2012

38,189,162

329.20

34,443,286.50

8,276

24.03

23.54–24.52

2013

32,489,301

327.95

29,191,761.56

6,889

23.60

23.07–24.13

2014

30,990,326

332.40

28,222,788.00

6,137

21.74

21.22–22.26

2015

21,083,952

329.56

19,036,867.78

4,135

21.72

21.09–22.35

2016

18,959,621

345.23

17,932,736.76

5,675

31.65

30.85–32.45