Table 1.
Delay in presentation
| All children(n = 178) | Congenital cataract(n = 74) | Developmental cataract(n = 104) | |
| Total mean delay* (SD) | 34.3 (40.9) | 25.3 (37.4) | 40.8 (42.3) |
| Total median delay* | 18 | 9 | 24 |
| Recognition mean delay† (SD) | 18.1 (32.2) | 13.4 (29.7) | 21.4 (33.5) |
| Recognition median delay† | 3.5 | 2 | 11 |
| Presentation mean delay‡ (SD) | 16.4 (31.6) | 11.9 (25.8) | 19.6 (34.9) |
| Presentation median delay‡ | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Median (months) | 18 | 9 | 24 |
*Defined as the mean or median number of months between recognition by caregivers and admission to hospital for surgery.
†Defined as the mean or median number of months between recognition by caregivers and presentation to a health worker.
‡Defined as the mean or median number of months between presentation to a health workers and admission to hospital for surgery.