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Abstract #15681 Published in IGR 2-3
Rates of hospital admissions for primary angle closure glaucoma among Chinese, Malays, and Indians in Singapore
Wong TY; Foster PJ; Seah SK; Chew PTKBritish Journal of Ophthalmology 2000; 84: 990-992
AIM: To estimate the rates of hospital admissions for primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) in Chinese, Malays, and Indians in Singapore. METHODS: A population-wide hospital discharge database in Singapore was used to identify all hospital admissions with a primary discharge diagnosis of PACG (International Classification of Disease-CM code: 365.2). The Singapore census was used for denominator data. RESULTS: Between 1993 and 1997, there were 894 hospital admissions for PACG. The mean annual rate of PACG admissions was 11.1 per 100,000 (95% confidence interval (CI), 10.4, 11.8) among people aged 30 years and over. The annual rate was highest for Chinese (age and sex adjusted rate: 12.2 per 100,000), which was twice that of Malays (6.0 per 100,000) and Indians (6.3 per 100,000). Females had two times higher rates than males in all three races (age adjusted relative risk: 2.0, 95% CI: 1.7, 2.3). CONCLUSIONS: Malay and Indian people had identical rates of hospital admissions for PACG, which were only half the rates compared with Chinese.
Dr. T.Y. Wong, Singapore National Eye Center, Singapore. tienyinwong@yahoo.com
Classification:
9.3.1 Acute primary angle closure glaucoma (pupillary block) (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.3 Primary angle closure glaucomas)
9.3.2 Chronic primary angle closure glaucoma (pupillary block) (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.3 Primary angle closure glaucomas)