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. 2013 Feb 7;8(2):e55924. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055924

Table 2. Causes of Visual Impairment (n = 400).

Moderate Visual Impairment * n (%) Blindness n (%)# All Visual Impairment n (%)##
Refractive error 197 (73.2) 27 (20.6) 224 (56.0)
Cataract 50 (18.6) 82 (62.6) 132 (33.0)
Uncorrected Aphakia 12 (4.5) 8 (6.1) 20 (5.0)
Cataract surgical complications 3 (1.1) 6 (4.6) 9 (2.3)
Posterior segment disease 6 (2.2) 5 (3.8) 11 (2.8)
Others 1 (0.4) 3 (2.3) 4 (1.0)
269 (100.0) 131 (100.0) (100.0)
*

MVI is defined as presenting visual acuity worse than 6/18 to 6/60 in the better eye.

#

Blindness is defined as presenting visual acuity worse than 6/60 in the better eye.

##

Any visual impairment includes both the blindness and moderate visual impairment; p<0.05.