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Table 1 Projection of the number of people (aged between 40 and 80 years, in millions) with primary glaucoma in 2020 and 2040

From: Machine learning applied to retinal image processing for glaucoma detection: review and perspective

World regiona

2020a

2040a

Asia

46.24 (33.08−65.91)

66.83 (48.39–93.77)

Africa

10.31 (6.41−15.28)

19.14 (11.89–28.30)

Europe

7.12 (5.20−9.68)

7.85 (5.76–10.55)

North America

3.94 (2.61−5.72)

4.72 (3.13–6.75)

Latin America and the Caribbean

8.11 (4.46−14.62)

12.86 (7.12–22.85)

Oceania

0.30 (0.16−0.50)

0.42 (0.22–0.69)

Worldwide

76.02 (51.92–111.7)

111.82 (76.50–162.9)

  1. aData from the systematic review by Tham et al. [22]