Table 7.

Regional trends for refractive correction for bilateral cataracts, % (proportion of respondents in each region)

	Age ≤6months				Age>6 months
	aphakic CL	aphakic spectacles	IOL	Other	aphakic CL	aphakic spectacles	IOL	other
Asia	26.7% (4/15)	73.3% (11/15)	0	0	6.7% (1/15)	33.3% (5/15)	46.7% (7/15)	13.3% (2/15)
Australia	0	0	100% (1/1)	0	0	0	100% (1/1)	0
Europe	72.7% (8/11)	9.1% (1/11)	18.2% (2/11)	0	36.4% (4/11)	9.1% (1/11)	54.5% (6/11)	0
Middle East/North Africa	20% (1/5)	60% (3/5)	20% (1/5)	0	20% (1/5)	20% (1/5)	60% (3/5)	0
New Zealand	100% (2/2)	0	0	0	50% (1/2)	0	50% (1/2)	0
North America	77.5% (62/80)	21.3% (17/80)	1.3% (1/80)	0	39.5% (32/81)	16.0% (13/81)	33.3% (27/81)	11.1% (9/81)
South/Central America	50% (1/2)	50% (1/2)	0	0	50% (1/2)	50% (1/2)	0	0
Subsaharan Africa	25% (2/8)	50% (4/8)	12.5% (1/8)	12.5% (1/8)	0	42.9% (3/7)	57.1% (4/7)	0