RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to examine the incidence of glaucoma in the Split-Dalmatia County (SDC), and to increase awareness of the medical community about this problem. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The research analyzes data about hospital morbidity and number of glaucoma patients treated in specialist-consultative institutions in the SDC during the period from 2012. to 2016. The data was collected from the administration of the Department of Ophtalmology in the Split Clinical Center. While processing the data, we used the Pearson correlation coefficient, and χ2 test. The results were interpreted at a significance level of p <0.05. We used the statistic package SPSS 20. The data were shown in tables and charts with the help of Microsoft Excel. RESULTS: There was no statistically significant growth in the number of examinations in the general polyclinic or the specialist glaucoma polyclinic. There was almost 4 times as many control examinations than first examinations in the glaucoma polyclinic. In average, 6.7% patients were directed to an examination from the general polyclinic to the glaucoma polyclinic. Visul field examination was the most common diagnostic procedure, and it was performed in 40% of the patients in the glaucoma polyclinic. The number of patients, hospitalized because of glaucoma, has not changed significantly in the studied period. The yearly average of hospitalized patients was 160. The number of patients who had a surgical procedure done has not changed significantly in the studied period. Out of the yearly 160 hospitalized patients, 76% of them had a surgical procedure done. The most performed surgical procedure was phacotrabeculectomy, combined cataract and glaucoma surgery. CONCLUSION: Glaucoma is still a great public health challenge and grave efforts have to be done in order for a timely diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma to be possible. It is also necessary to further educate the general and the medical public about the disease.