The national, regional, and global impact of glaucoma as reported in the 2019 Global Burden of Disease Study

Huifeng Wu; Yinjun Wang; Feidi Li; Zelong Liu; Feifei Shi

doi:10.5114/aoms/172929

The national, regional, and global impact of glaucoma as reported in the 2019 Global Burden of Disease Study

Arch Med Sci. 2023 Oct 20;19(6):1913-1919. doi: 10.5114/aoms/172929. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Huifeng Wu¹, Yinjun Wang¹, Feidi Li¹, Zelong Liu², Feifei Shi¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Beilun District People's Hospital, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China.
² Social Development Security Bureau of Daxie Development Zone, Ning Bo, China.

Abstract

Introduction: We investigated the disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) of glaucoma.

Methods: The estimated annual percentage change (EAPC) was measured to assess trends in the age-standardized DALY rate from 1990 to 2019.

Results: The global age-standardized DALY rate of glaucoma decreased with an EAPC of -1.00. The age-standardized DALY rate decreased least in high-SDI regions. Eastern sub-Saharan Africa had highest age-standardized DALY rate in 2019. At the national level, Mali had the highest age-standardized DALY rate in 2019.

Conclusions: Although the global burden of glaucoma has decreased, the burden remain high in regions with low SDI values and in sub-Saharan Africa.

Keywords: DALYs; Global Burden of Disease; epidemiology; estimated annual percentage change; glaucoma.