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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 13.
Published in final edited form as: Asia Pac J Public Health. 2012 Jan 13;27(2):NP194–NP202. doi: 10.1177/1010539511433049

Table 2. Prevalence of selected health outcomes by types of vision impairments (%).

Outcomes Percent prevalence (n) by vision impairment categories
% Refractive vision impairment % Not correctable by visual aids*

no
(n = 62,705)
yes
(n = 24,429)
no
(n = 80,275)
yes
(n = 6,859)
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)