Augenklinik, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Deutschland.
Klin Monbl Augenheilkd. 2024 Feb;241(2):154-161. doi: 10.1055/a-2257-6940. Epub 2024 Feb 27.
Epidemiological studies describe the distribution of glaucoma and its risk factors in the general population.
Epidemiological findings from population-based studies were extrapolated for the situation in Germany, in order to estimate current and future prevalence of glaucoma by using official population statistics for Germany.
The prevalence of glaucoma in the adult population above 40 years of age is currently 2.1%, resulting in 980 thousand subjects with glaucoma, plus at least one more million subjects with ocular hypertension (OHT). Two thirds of all glaucoma cases are above 70 years of age. By 2060, the prevalence of glaucoma will increase to 2.8%, due to the aging of the population.
Despite a decrease in the population size, glaucoma will become more prevalent in the future.
流行病学研究描述了青光眼及其在普通人群中的危险因素的分布情况。
从基于人群的研究中推断出流行病学发现，以便利用德国官方人口统计数据来估计当前和未来的青光眼患病率。
目前，40 岁以上成年人的青光眼患病率为 2.1%，这意味着有 98 万青光眼患者，加上至少还有 100 万患有眼压升高（OHT）的患者。所有青光眼病例中有三分之二的患者年龄在 70 岁以上。到 2060 年，由于人口老龄化，青光眼的患病率将上升至 2.8%。
尽管人口规模有所下降，但未来青光眼的患病率将会增加。
