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Table 2 Age-standardized rates (per 100 populations) and standardized rate ratios for glaucoma-related visits in people aged 40 years and older, Prince Edward Island, Canada, 2010–2012

From: Policy implications of regional variations in eye disease detection and treatment on Prince Edward Island: a repeated cross-sectional analysis, 2010–2012

Year; region

Number of visits

Rate (95% CI)a

SRR (95% CI)

2010

 Charlottetown

1255

5.59 (5.28, 5.90)

Ref.

 Summerside

427

4.35 (3.94, 4.76)

0.78 (0.70, 0.86)

 Prince

591

3.66 (3.37, 3.96)

0.66 (0.60, 0.72)

 Kings & Queens

1032

4.47 (4.20, 4.74)

0.80 (0.74, 0.87)

 Stratford

218

5.45 (4.73, 6.18)

0.98 (0.85, 1.13)

2011

 Charlottetown

1368

6.09 (5.77, 6.42)

Ref.

 Summerside

445

4.56 (4.13, 4.98)

0.75 (0.68, 0.83)

 Prince

618

3.83 (3.53, 4.13)

0.63 (0.57, 0.69)

 Kings & Queens

1142

4.95 (4.66, 5.23)

0.81 (0.75, 0.88)

 Stratford

245

6.17 (5.39, 6.94)

1.01 (0.88, 1.16)

2012

 Charlottetown

1370

6.10 (5.78, 6.42)

Ref.

 Summerside

455

4.62 (4.19, 5.05)

0.76 (0.69, 0.84)

 Prince

622

3.85 (3.55, 4.16)

0.63 (0.58, 0.69)

 Kings & Queens

1198

5.20 (4.90, 5.49)

0.85 (0.79, 0.92)

 Stratford

253

6.38 (5.59, 7.17)

1.05 (0.91, 1.20)

  1. Abbreviations: CI confidence intervals, Ref reference, SRR Standardized rate ratio
  2. Regions were defined based on distinctive forward sortation areas (first 3 digits of the postal code)
  3. aRates were age-standardized to the 2011 Prince Edward Island population
  4. p > 0.05 for rates in Stratford compared to Charlottetown for all years; p < 0.05 for rates in Summerside, Kings & Queens and Prince compared to Charlottetown in all years