Table 5. Patient perceived barriers to cataract surgery.

	Northern		Eastern		Central		Southern		Sabah		Sarawak		Malaysia
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
No Need	18	47.4	13	32.5	2	40.0	4	20.0	8	11.9	6	14.6	51	33.2
Fear	4	10.5	9	22.5	2	40.0	4	20.0	14	20.9	6	14.6	39	22.9
Cost	2	5.3	3	7.5	0	0.0	4	20.0	23	34.3	4	9.8	36	9.5
Denied	2	5.3	1	2.5	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	2.4	4	1.9
Unaware	4	10.5	4	10.0	0	0.0	2	10.0	5	7.5	3	7.3	18	7.0
No Access	1	2.6	4	10.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	9	13.4	8	19.5	22	4.9
Local	7	18.4	6	15.0	1	20.0	6	30.0	8	11.9	13	31.7	41	20.6