Table 3 Cataract surgical coverage in persons (%).
| Presenting VA <6/18 | Presenting VA <6/60 | Presenting VA <3/60 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | |
| Province | |||||||||
| Punjab | 43.1 | 42.4 | 42.7 | 69.3 | 69.7 | 69.4 | 76.9 | 74.8 | 75.7 |
| Sindh | 45.5 | 45.0 | 45.3 | 68.2 | 69.8 | 69.0 | 84.8 | 78.7 | 81.7 |
| NWFP | 43.4 | 40.7 | 42.0 | 71.8 | 64.5 | 68.1 | 79.8 | 70.6 | 75.0 |
| Balochistan | 53.6 | 44.2 | 49.2 | 77.2 | 59.5 | 68.6 | 78.9 | 71.8 | 75.7 |
| Age (years) | |||||||||
| <50 | 47.2 | 35.4 | 39.5 | 72.0 | 65.3 | 67.7 | 73.1 | 71.8 | 72.4 |
| ⩾50 | 44.4 | 43.9 | 44. 2 | 70.0 | 68.9 | 69.3 | 80.0 | 75.3 | 77.6 |
| Dwelling | |||||||||
| Rural | 43.6 | 41.8 | 42.7 | 68.9 | 67.4 | 68.1 | 77.9 | 74.0 | 75.9 |
| Urban | 47.3 | 45.3 | 46.2 | 73.2 | 71.0 | 72.0 | 83.9 | 76.9 | 80.0 |
| Literacy | |||||||||
| Literate | 51.2 | 40.0 | 50.0 | 81.8 | 70.5 | 80.5 | 89.7 | 71.4 | 87.9 |
| Illiterate | 43.0 | 43.0 | 43.0 | 67.3 | 68.5 | 68.0 | 77.2 | 75.1 | 76.0 |
| Total | 44.6 | 42.8 | 43.7 | 70.1 | 68.4 | 69.3 | 79.6 | 74.9 | 77.1 |
VA, Visual acuity.