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Diagnoses for 102 individuals with moderate to severe bilateral blindness in the Volta region of Ghana, 2001.
| Diagnosis | Number of individuals (N=102) |
% |
| Cataract | 55 | 53.9 |
| Glaucoma | 21 | 20.6 |
| Uncorrected aphakia | 10 | 9.8 |
| Retinal disorders | 9 | 8.8 |
| Optic atrophy | 9 | 8.8 |
| Refractive error | 7 | 6.9 |
| Iatrogenic | 4 | 3.9 |
Diagnoses add up to more than 102 because some individuals had more than one cause in each eye.
