Estimated number of people in China affected by glaucoma, giving number of uniocular and binocular blind
| Rural China (×103) | Urban China (×103) | Total (urban and rural, ×103) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glaucoma | Blind in one eye | Blind in both eyes | Glaucoma | Blind in one eye | Blind in both eyes | Glaucoma | Blind in one eye | Blind in both eyes | ||||
| POAG | 1680.5 | 420.1 | 0 | 1794.4 | 489.4 | 163.1 | 3474.8 | 909.5 | 163.1 | |||
| PACG | 3360.9 | 2520.7 | 1260.4 | 1141.9 | 570.9 | 326.2 | 4502.8 | 3091.6 | 1586.6 | |||
| Secondary | 840.2 | 840.2 | 0 | 570.9 | 407.8 | 0 | 1411.1 | 1248.0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 5881.6 | 3781.1 | 1260.4 | 3507.2 | 1468.1 | 489.4 | 9388.8 | 5249.2 | 1749.7 | |||
All figures in thousands, relating to the population aged 40 years and older.
Glaucoma affected indicates number of individuals with glaucomatous optic neuropathy in at least one eye.
↵One eye is number of people blind in at least one eye, and therefore includes those who are blind in both eyes.
Blindness defined as VA <3/60 or visual field constricted to ⩽10°.