Table 5 Extrapolated estimates of the number of blind, severely visually impaired (SVI) and visually impaired (VI) people in the South West Province.

	Approximate population size	Sex‐adjusted prevalence of blindness (%)	Estimated number that are blind	Sex‐adjusted prevalence of SVI (%)	Estimated number SVI	Sex‐adjusted prevalence of VI (%)	Estimated number VI
URBAN
Age
40–49	33 556	0.2	67	0	0	0.3	101
50–59	22 487	0.6	135	0.1	22	1.4	315
60–69	13 532	2.2	298	0.3	41	7.9	1069
70+	7 686	6.6	507	3.0	231	20.3	1560
Total	77 261		1007		294		3045
RURAL
Age
40–49	79 191	0.4	317	0.1	79	1.8	1425
50–59	53 068	0.4	212	0.7	371	3.9	2070
60–69	31 935	1.2	383	3.9	1245	14.0	4471
70+	18 139	8.8	1596	10.6	1923	18.8	3410
	182 333		2525		3619		11 376