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.