“Prevalence of Glaucoma Among U.S. Adults in 2022” published in JAMA Ophthalmology, has found that approximately 4.22 million people in the United States have glaucoma
This prevalence number encompasses 1.62% of adults ages 18 and older. Of those, 1.49 million (0.57% of adults ages 18 and older) have vision-affecting glaucoma, with substantial variation in prevalence across demographic subgroups, U.S. states, and counties in 2022.
Among those ages 40 and older, 2.56% have glaucoma and 0.91% have vision-affecting glaucoma.
Previous estimates of glaucoma prevalence published in 2016 were 2.1% of adults ages 40 years and older and did not include estimates for those under 40 years old, or estimates of vision-affecting glaucoma
Additional key findings from the study include:
- Black individuals are about 3 times as likely to have vision-affecting glaucoma as compared to White individuals.
- An estimated 1.94 million individuals with male sex/gender and 2.29 million individuals with female sex/gender are living with glaucoma.
- One in about 180 adults have vision loss from glaucoma, with risk increasing with age.
