title: [Glaucoma blindness in Denmark].
abstract: The prevalence and the incidence of glaucoma blindness in Denmark was evaluated by examining all registration forms of persons > or = 50 years of age admitted to the Danish Association of the Blind (DAB) between 1955 and 1987 with glaucoma as main cause of blindness. In 1987, 6.7% of DAB-members > or = 50 years suffered from blindness caused at least partially by glaucoma, equivalent to an estimated prevalence of 45 per 100,000 of the Danish population > or = 50 years. The estimated annual incidence of blindness due to glaucoma was seven per 100,000 > or = 65 years, and in an equal number of patients glaucoma was a contributory cause of blindness. The incidence of glaucoma blindness was decreasing in the younger age groups (< 65 years) throughout the study period. Glaucoma blindness seems to occur at a later age now than earlier, leaving the patients blind for a shorter time. The proportion of glaucoma blindness in the glaucoma population was estimated to be 4-5%.
authors.affiliation: Ojenafdelingen, Hillerød Sygehus.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Fuchs
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Nissen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Goldschmidt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001766:Blindness / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Glaukomblindhed i Danmark.