TABLE 2.

Cataract surgery, presenting cataract blindness (< 20/200) and surgical coverage by age, gender, education and residence

	Number examined	Cataract operated				Un-operated cataract blind		Cataract blindness burden		% Surgical coverage
		All operated		Presumed blind
		No.	Prevalence	No.	Prevalence	No.	Prevalence	No.	Prevalence
Age (yrs)
50–59	2595	169	6.5	115	4.4	70	2.7	185	7.1	62.2
60–69	1406	316	22.5	222	15.8	90	6.4	312	22.2	71.2
70+	737	349	47.4	289	39.2	81	11.0	370	50.2	78.1
Gender
Male	2153	368	17.1	281	13.1	91	4.2	372	17.3	75.5
Female	2585	466	18.0	345	13.4	150	5.8	495	19.2	69.7
Education
Illiterate	2220	386	17.4	297	13.4	188	8.5	485	21.9	61.2
≤ Grade 5	1515	300	19.8	226	14.9	45	3.0	271	17.9	83.4
Grade 6–10	671	94	14.0	64	9.5	7	1.0	71	10.6	90.1
≥ Grade 11	332	54	16.3	39	11.8	1	0.30	40	12.1	97.5
Residence
Rural	3539	575	16.2	428	12.1	209	5.9	637	18.0	67.2
Urban	1199	259	21.6	198	16.5	32	2.7	230	19.2	86.1
All	4738	834	17.6	626	13.2	241	5.1	867	18.3	72.2