TABLE 3.

Association of age, gender, education and residence with cataract surgery, operated cataract blindness, un-operated cataract blindness and surgical coverage

	All cataract operated	Operated cataract blind	Un-operated cataract blind	% surgical coverage
Age (yrs)
50–59	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
60–69	4.25 [3.39–5.32]a	4.09 [3.35–4.98]a	2.39 [1.67–3.43]a	1.59 [1.06–2.38]b
70+	13.2 [9.9–17.5] a	14.0 [10.4–18.8]a	4.30 [2.82–6.56]a	2.12 [1.29–3.51]b
Gender
Male	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
Female	1.16 [0.99–1.36]	1.07 [0.89–1.28]	0.92 [0.67–1.25]	1.22 [0.90–1.66]
Education
Illiterate	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
≤ Grade 5	1.08 [0.86–1.37]	1.01 [0.75–1.35]	0.32 [0.22–0.47]a	2.96 [1.92-4.58] a
Grade 6-10	1.00 [0.71–1.39]	0.85 [0.63–1.14]	0.14 [0.07–0.28]a	5.55 [2.84–10.9] a
≥ Grade 11	1.18 [0.77–1.80]	1.06 [0.66–1.70]	0.04 [0.06–0.23]a	24.0 [3.29–174.6] b
Residence
Rural	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
Urban	1.51 [1.13–2.01]b	1.55 [1.15–2.09]b	0.59 [0.31–1.11]	2.32 [1.11–4.84]b

^*Data are given as adjusted odds ratios [95% Confidence intervals] by multiple logistic regression

^bP < 0.05;

^aP < 0.001