Estimated Prevalence of Glaucoma in South Korea Using the National Claims Database

Table 1

Glaucoma prevalence and glaucoma care costs between 2008 and 2013 in Koreans over 40 years of age.

	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Total population	22,092,004	22,835,230	23,555,512	24,315,896	24,988,953	25,678,881
Population visiting eye clinic	6,958,082	7,547,494	8,360,447	8,984,627	9,284,879	9,615,033
Number of glaucoma patients (% glaucoma patients)	175,899 (2.53)	190,651 (2.53)	207,986 (2.49)	238,124 (2.65)	251,468 (2.71)	271,141 (2.82)
Male	86,534	93,940	103,066	117,578	123,814	133,914
Female	89,365	96,711	104,920	120,546	127,654	137,227
Glaucoma care costs (millions)	$16.5	$19.3	$21.7	$22.9	$27.2	$29.8
Annual glaucoma care costs per person	$93.6	$101.1	$104.3	$96.2	$108.0	$110.0

Results based upon data from the national claims database. The 2008–2013 Glaucoma care cost in 2013 constant dollars, using 3% average annual inflation rate and applying the annual KRW/USD exchange rate of each year.