[Table/Fig-5]:

Comparison of awareness about eye donation in different studies and the present study

Sl. No.	Authors	Place of Study	Subjects	Year	Awareness (%)
1	Present study	Rural Health and Training Centre, Seliamedu, Pondicherry	Patients visiting to rural health centres	2012	80.6
2	Ronanki et al.,[12]	Srikakulam, Andhrapradesh	Health assistants, trainee students, teachers, social workers	2011	93
3	Joshi [9]	Nepal	Rural community	2010	30.7
4	Bhandary et al., [11]	Attendants of OPD patients in General Hospital and two peripheral clinics, Melaka, Malaysia	Attendants accompanied in OPD	2007	69
5	Krishnaiah et al., [6]	Andhra Pradesh	Rural community	2004	28
6	Priyadharshini et al., [10]	Madurai, (Aravind Eye Care System) Namakkal, Kumbakonam, Tamilnadu	Patients attending hospital and in outreach centres	2003	50.7
7	Dandona et al., [4]	Hyderabad,Andhrapradesh	Urban and Rural community	1999	73.8