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Table 4 Age and sex specific rates of certification for severe visual impairment per 100,000 population due to diabetes, age related macular degeneration and glaucoma in 1990–91 and 1999–2000

From: Leading causes of certification for blindness and partial sight in England & Wales

 

Diabetes

AMD

Glaucoma

 

Year

1990 – 1991

1999 – 2000

1990 – 1991

1999 – 2000

1990–1991

1999–2000

All ages

Both

1.99

3.84

24.41

31.78

5.43

5.91

 

Male

1.75

3.44

15.28

19.96

4.59

5.31

 

Female

2.15

4.15

31.82

42.44

6.00

6.32

0 – 15

Both

0.01

0.05

0.41

0.01

0.07

0.05

 

Male

0.00

0.05

0.24

0.00

0.07

0.02

 

Female

0.02

0.05

0.58

0.02

0.07

0.09

16 – 64

Both

1.26

2.05

1.48

1.01

0.55

0.55

 

Male

1.31

2.26

1.29

0.91

0.65

0.76

 

Female

1.19

1.84

1.61

1.10

0.41

0.34

65 – 74

Both

7.28

15.06

39.20

39.69

10.47

9.96

 

Male

6.84

13.17

30.66

31.10

12.00

10.85

 

Female

7.56

16.27

44.59

46.47

8.81

8.85

75 – 84

Both

8.27

17.08

213.50

251.53

47.85

44.14

 

Male

6.93

15.03

184.86

208.76

52.18

50.98

 

Female

8.65

18.18

221.81

275.70

44.34

38.75

85 and over

Both

3.92

11.02

541.07

699.02

100.31

113.62

 

Male

5.41

13.46

560.96

682.94

135.20

152.14

 

Female

3.13

9.86

516.43

697.37

85.29

97.59