Table 4.
Presenting cataract blindness and cataract surgery by age, sex, literacy, and residence*
| Never operated cataract blind | All cataract operated | Cataract blindness burden | ||||||
| Examined population | No | Prevalence | No | Prevalence | No | Prevalence | % surgical coverage | |
| Age (years) | ||||||||
| 50–59 | 2683 | 89 | 3.3 | 128 | 4.8 | 176 | 6.6 | 49.4 |
| 60–69 | 1718 | 128 | 7.5 | 248 | 14.4 | 310 | 18.0 | 58.7 |
| ≥70 | 1010 | 158 | 15.6 | 262 | 26.0 | 375 | 37.1 | 57.9 |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Male | 2424 | 96 | 4.0 | 290 | 12.0 | 310 | 12.8 | 69.0 |
| Female | 2987 | 279 | 9.3 | 348 | 11.7 | 551 | 18.4 | 49.4 |
| Literacy | ||||||||
| Literate | 2122 | 63 | 2.96 | 266 | 12.5 | 251 | 11.8 | 74.9 |
| Illiterate | 3289 | 312 | 9.49 | 372 | 11.3 | 610 | 18.5 | 48.9 |
| Residence | ||||||||
| Urban | 1307 | 50 | 3.8 | 211 | 16.1 | 216 | 16.5 | 76.9 |
| Rural | 4104 | 325 | 7.9 | 427 | 10.4 | 645 | 15.7 | 49.6 |
| All | 5411 | 375 | 6.9 | 638 | 11.8 | 861 | 15.9 | 56.5 |
*Prevalence estimates are crude prevalence per 100 examined subjects.