Table 2. Visual impairment in London's homeless population by age and gender.
n |
Presenting distance visual acuity |
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---|---|---|---|---|
Low vision | Blindness | Visual impairment | ||
% (CI 95%) | % (CI 95%) | % (CI 95%) | ||
Age groups | ||||
20–29 | 20 | 10 (4–8) | 0 | 10 (4–8) |
30–39 | 41 | 5 (2–12) | 0 | 5 (2–12) |
40–49 | 75 | 7 (1–13) | 3 (1–7) | 9 (3–15) |
50–59 | 94 | 17 (9–25) | 2 (1–5) | 19 (11–27) |
60–69 | 40 | 10 (1–19) | 0 | 10 (1–19) |
70–79 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
80–89 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gender | ||||
Male | 253 | 11 (7–15) | 4 (0–4) | 12 (8–16) |
Female | 30 | 7 (2–16) | 0 | 7 (2–16) |
Total | 283 | 10 (7–14) | 1 (0–2) | 12 (8–16) |