Table 3.
Prevalence of blindness by age, sex, and regions (OES 1997)
| Prevalence (%) | 95% CI | |
| Age (years) | ||
| 0 to 14 | 0.08 | 001 to 0.14 |
| 15 to 39 | 0.1 | 0.00 to 0.2 |
| 40 to 59 | 2.3 | 1.5 to 3.2 |
| 60 and + | 16.8 | 13.3 to 20.4 |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 0.8 | 0.5 to 1 |
| Female | 1.4 | 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Health region | ||
| Muscat | 0.4 | 0.1 to 0.8 |
| Dhofar | 0.4 | 0.1 to 0.8 |
| Dhakhilya | 1.5 | 1.0 to 2.3 |
| North Sharqiya | 0.4 | 0.0 to 1.0 |
| South Sharqiya | 1.0 | 0.3 to 1.7 |
| North Batinah | 1.3 | 0.8 to 1.9 |
| South Batinah | 1.5 | 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Dhahira | 1.3 | 0.7 to 1.9 |
| Musandam | 3.0 | 2.6 to 3.4 |
| Overall prevalence | 1.1 | 0.9 to 1.3 |