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Table 7 Age-standardized glaucoma prevalence rates

From: A Population-based survey of the prevalence and types of glaucoma in Nigeria: results from the Nigeria National Blindness and Visual Impairment Survey

 

Study sample

Prevalence of glaucoma

Magnitude of glaucoma

  

Crude rate

Age-adjusted ratea

Estimated numbers

 

N

%

N

%

%

95 % CI

Age group (years)

40–49

4889

35.97

93

1.90

1.51

1.96–2.94

166,308

50–59

3577

26.32

130

3.63

3.69

2.98–4.29

232,792

60–69

2773

20.40

178

6.42

8.85

3.99–5.43

318,689

70–79

1653

12.16

178

10.77

16.85

5.91–8.00

321,820

80+

699

5.14

103

14.74

12.32

14.72–20.98

181,807

Total

13,591

100

682

5.02

5.02

4.60–5.47

1,221,416

  1. CI confidence interval
  2. aStandardized with the 2012 Nigeria population
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