Table 5.
Regional trends for refractive correction for unilateral cataracts, % (proportion of respondents in each region)
| Age ≤6months | Age>6 months | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aphakic CL |
aphakic spectacles |
IOL | aphakic CL |
aphakic spectacles |
IOL | other | |
| Asia | 64.3% (9/14) | 28.6% (4/14) | 7.1% (1/14) | 20.0% (3/15) | 20.0% (3/15) | 60% (9/15) | 0 |
| Australia | 0 | 0 | 100% (1/1) | 0 | 0 | 100% (1/1) | 0 |
| Europe | 66.7% (6/9) | 0 | 33.3% (3/9) | 54.5% (6/11) | 9.1% (1/11) | 36.4% (4/11) | 0 |
| Middle East/North Africa | 40% (2/5) | 60% (3/5) | 0 | 20% (1/5) | 0 | 80% (4/5) | 0 |
| New Zealand | 100% (2/2) | 0 | 0 | 50% (1/2) | 0 | 50% (1/2) | 0 |
| North America | 95.0% (76/80) | 1.3% (1/80) | 3.8% (3/80) | 54.3% (44/81) | 1.2% (1/81) | 37.0% (30/81) | 7.4% (6/81) |
| South/Central America | 100% (2/2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/2 | 1/2 |
| Subsaharan Africa | 62.5% (5/8) | 25.0% (2/8) | 12.5% (1/8) | 37.5% (3/8) | 25.0% (2/8) | 37.5% (3/8) | 0 |