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OBSERVED INCIDENCE OF GLAUCOMA IN HÄLSINGLAND, SWEDEN
Author(s) -
LINDBLOM BERTIL,
THORBURN WILLIAM
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1984.tb08397.x
Subject(s) - glaucoma , open angle glaucoma , incidence (geometry) , medicine , ophthalmology , population , optometry , visual field , age groups , demography , optics , sociology , physics , environmental health
In a well defined population, the observed incidence of different types of glaucoma during the years 1980–82 is presented. The great majority of glaucoma patients was found to have primary open angle glaucoma, and of these approximately 3/4 had capsular glaucoma. The observed annual incidence of all types of glaucoma increases with increasing age to a maximum of 0.7% in the age group 81–85 years. In the same age group, the annual incidence of primary open angle glaucoma with visual field defects was 0.44%.