Table 2.

Barriers reported by the 109 subjects not responding to the cataract surgery indication.

Barriers	N*	%
Disease contra-indicating operation	35	20.35
Fear of operation	21	12.21
Fear of losing eyesight	20	11.63
Old age and need not felt	17	9.88
One eye adequate vision / need not felt	16	9.30
No one to accompany	15	8.72
Unaware of cataract	14	8.14
Surgical services not available or very far	13	7.56
No time available / other priorities	9	5.24
Waiting for cataract to mature	8	4.65
Believes it to be a curse	2	1.16
No / delayed information about eye camp	2	1.16
Cannot afford operation	0	0.00
TOTAL	172	100.00

^*Subjects could report up to four reasons/barriers.