Table 2. Prevalence of selected health outcomes by types of vision impairments (%).
| Outcomes | Percent prevalence (n) by vision impairment categories |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| % Refractive vision impairment | % Not correctable by visual aids* | |||
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| no (n = 62,705) |
yes (n = 24,429) |
no (n = 80,275) |
yes (n = 6,859) |
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| Poor self-assessed health | 4.0 (2,517) | 6.0 (1,469) | 4.3 (3,448) | 7.8 (538) |
| Poor psychological health | 5.6 (3,491) | 6.9 (1,676) | 5.7 (4,559) | 8.9 (608) |
| Poor hearing | 7.2 (4,506) | 12.2 (2,988) | 8.1 (6,525) | 14.1 (969) |
| Metabolic disorders | 6.9 (4,323) | 14.8 (3,623) | 8.9 (7,116) | 12.1 (830) |
| Overall injuries in 12 months | 21.7 (13,581) | 21.1 (5,152) | 21.0 (16,839) | 27.6 (1,894) |
| Falls | 4.2 (2,633) | 4.8 (1,175) | 4.3 (3,414) | 5.7 (394) |