CATEGORY	Diseases of Eye
SYSTEM	Ocular system
ORGAN	Eyes
ALTERNATE NAMES /COMMON NAMES	Silent thief of sight
NAMES IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES	Kaanchbindu in Marathi Jhaamar in Gujarati
ICD 10 CLASSIFICATION	H40-42
WORLD STATISTICS	Usually more common after 40 years, but can affect anybody including newborns.In Africans and Americans, it may be an early onset and disease may be severe too. After 50 years of age; 1 out of every 200 people are affected with Glaucoma. After crossing 80 years the situation becomes worse with 1 out of 10 people being affected with Glaucoma. Nearly 44.7 million people were affected with Glaucoma in 2010 globally.
INDIAN STATISTICS	Not known