Glaucoma: Diagnosis
(asked on 29th April 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the number of people that have been diagnosed with glaucoma broken down by age in the last five years.
The following table provides a count of Finished Admission Episodes where glaucoma was recorded as the primary diagnosis, broken down by age, each year from 2018/19 to 2022/23:
Age group | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 |
0 to 4 | 332 | 292 | 188 | 205 | 195 |
5 to 9 | 156 | 148 | 103 | 84 | 117 |
10 to 14 | 92 | 120 | 81 | 128 | 115 |
15 to 19 | 121 | 109 | 71 | 128 | 131 |
20 to 24 | 138 | 123 | 87 | 105 | 87 |
25 to 29 | 173 | 176 | 123 | 182 | 158 |
30 to 34 | 233 | 219 | 176 | 218 | 243 |
35 to 39 | 306 | 318 | 243 | 253 | 278 |
40 to 44 | 498 | 413 | 363 | 427 | 428 |
45 to 49 | 867 | 867 | 590 | 666 | 636 |
50 to 54 | 1,288 | 1,423 | 984 | 1,124 | 1,149 |
55 to 59 | 1,852 | 1,862 | 1,352 | 1,656 | 1,712 |
60 to 64 | 2,329 | 2,399 | 1,679 | 2,091 | 2,213 |
65 to 69 | 3,148 | 3,073 | 2,045 | 2,625 | 2,586 |
70 to 74 | 4,062 | 4,117 | 2,740 | 3,435 | 3,563 |
75 to 79 | 3,837 | 3,969 | 2,728 | 3,681 | 4,155 |
80 to 84 | 3,230 | 3,231 | 2,192 | 2,809 | 3,059 |
85 to 89 | 1,841 | 1,970 | 1,214 | 1,666 | 1,863 |
90 and over | 573 | 616 | 399 | 607 | 604 |
Age unknown | 72 | 96 | 51 | 77 | 71 |
Source: NHS Business Service Authority
Wider data on the total number of people diagnosed with glaucoma is not collected. The data does not include individuals diagnosed with glaucoma, where no admission to hospital was necessary, as this will include patients provided with eye drops for the management of their condition, the most common treatment. The data presented is not a count of people, as the same person may have been admitted to hospital on more than one occasion within any given time period.