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LÆKNABLADID
Table I. Glaucoma patients in lceland 1 September
1981-1 March 1982 on medical treatment and
operated cases not using glaucoma drugs.
Glaucoma patients Number Percentage
Total Males Females Total Males Females
Using eye medication 1540 759 780 80.4 76.6 84.3
Operated- no medication 376 232 145 19.6 23.4 15.7
Total 1916 991 925 100.0 100.0 100.0
Table II. Age and sex of 1916 glaucoma patients in Iceland September 1981-1 March 1982.
Age groups Both sexes ; Males Females
0-39 10 10 0
40-44 24 14 10
45-49 15 6 9
50-54 53 29 24
55-59 68 37 31
60-64 172 99 73
65-69 260 139 121
70-74 365 192 173
75-79 383 195 188
80-84 309 154 155
85 + 257 116 141
Total 1916 991 925
Table III. Prevalence of glaucoma in Iceland Sep-
tember 1981-1 March 1982 by age and sex. Rates
per 1000 population in each age group.
Age groups Both sexes Males Females
0-39 0.06 0.1 0
40-44 2.2 2.6 1.9
45-49 1.4 1.1 1.7
50-54 4.7 5.1 4.3
55-59 6.8 7.5 6.3
60-64 ... 19.7 23.1 16.5
65-69 ... 35.8 40.3 31.7
70-74 ... 61.8 70.6 54.3
75-79 ... 83.5 93.8 75.0
80-84 ... 103.8 127.6 87.6
85 + ... 112.2 137.0 97.7
All age groups 8.3 8.5 8.1
í töflu III eru birtar algengistölur gláku í
aldursflokkum, bæði kyn saman og eftir kynj-
um. Heildaralgengi meðal beggja kynja er 8.3
af þúsundi íbúa, (karlar 8.5 og konur 8.1).
Á 2. mynd er sýnt algengi hægfara gláku
eftir 50 ára aldur í aldursflokkum, bæði kyn
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Age
Fig. 1. Distribution by age of 1906 patients with
open angle glaucoma (981 males and 925 females)
fifty years and older in lceland in 1982. (See Table
11).
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Fig. 2. Prevalence of open angle glaucoma in the
population fifty years and older in Iceland in 1982.
Both sexes by age groups. Rates per 1000 popula-
tion in each age group.
saman. Algengið eykst úr 5.7 af þúsundi í
aldursflokknum 50-59 ára uþp í 107.5 þúsundi
meðal 80 ára og eldri. Um sextugt fer algengið
til muna að aukast og eykst síðan jöfnum
skrefum (nær línulega) eftir það.
Algengið helst í hendur hjá báðum kynjum