Denmark (1985–7) | USA (1984) | |||||||
No of patients (% of total sample) |
No with endophthalmitis (% of strata) |
No of patients (% of total sample) |
No with endophthalmitis (% of strata) | |||||
Total | 16 752 (100) | 52 (0.31) | 325 324 (100) | 440 (0.13) | ||||
Type of surgery: | ||||||||
ICCE − IOL | 2 223 (13.3) | 12 (0.54) | 99 971 (30.7) | 170 (0.17) | ||||
ICCE + IOL | 4 215 (25.2) | 16 (0.38) | ||||||
ECCE − IOL | 1 125 (6.7) | 8 (0.71) | 225 353 (69.3) | 270 (0.12) | ||||
ECCE + IOL | 9 189 (54.8) | 16 (0.17) | ||||||
Sex: | ||||||||
Male | 5 570 (33.2) | 25 (0.45) | 103 140 (31.7) | 161 (0.16) | ||||
Female | 11 182 (66.8) | 222 184 (68.3) | 279 (0.12) | |||||
Age (years): | ||||||||
65–69 | 2 232 (13.3) | 5 (0.22) | 56 050 (17.2) | 83 (0.15) | ||||
70–79 | 7 873 (47.0) | 23 (0.29) | 159 476 (49.1) | 211 (0.13) | ||||
80–89 | 5 977 (35.7) | 16 (0.27) | 98 590 (30.3) | 128 (0.13) | ||||
≥90 | 670 (4.0) | 8 (1.19) | 11 208 (3.4) | 18 (0.16) |