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. 2014 Dec 11;9(12):e114245. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114245

Table 5. Proportion of Blindness, SVI, and MVI in examined persons due to specific causes in Thailand.

Causes Blindness (n = 99) SVI (n = 236) MVI (n = 2,431)
% % %
Cataract untreated 69.7 77.1 60.0
Refractive error 4.0 10.2 26.7
Aphakia uncorrected 2.0 0.0 0.1
Cataract surgical complications 1.0 0.4 0.9
Glaucoma 4.0 3.4 3.2
Diabetic retinopathy 5.1 2.1 1.1
Corneal opacity 2.0 2.1 3.2
Phthisis 4.0 2.5 2.5
AMD 2.0 0.4 0.1
Other posterior segment diseases 6.1 1.7 2.1
All other globe/CNS abnormalities 0.0 0.0 0.0
Onchocerciasis 0.0 0.0 0.0