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Prevalence of glaucoma in the Australian National Eye Health Survey.

Stuart KeelJing XieJoshua ForemanPei Ying LeeMostafa AlwanEamonn T FahyPeter van WijngaardenJennifer C Fan GaskinGhee Soon AngJonathan G CrowstonHugh R TaylorMohamed Dirani
Published in: The British journal of ophthalmology (2018)
We estimate that 198 923 non-Indigenous Australians aged 50 years and over and 2139 Indigenous Australians aged 40 years and over have glaucoma. Given the high rates of undiagnosed glaucoma coupled with a significant ageing of the Australian population, improvements in case detection and access to low vision rehabilitation services may be required to cope with the growing burden of glaucoma.
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