Table 3
Causes of blindness in areas of different endemicity of onchocerciasis
| Cause | Hyperendemic areas (No (%)) |
Mesoendemic areas (No (%)) |
Hypoendemic areas (No (%)) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onchocerciasis | 92 (80.7) | 4 (28.6) | 2 (33.3) |
| Cataract | 15 (13..2) | 6 (42.9) | 1 (16.7) |
| Trachoma | 4 (3.5) | 2 (14.3) | 0 |
| Glaucoma | 2 (1.7) | 1 (7.1) | 0 |
| Optic atrophy | 0 | 1 (7.1) | 1 (16.7) |
| HTEM | 1 (0.9) | 0 | 0 |
| Measles/xerophthalmia | 0 | 0 | 1 (16.7) |
| Micro/anophthalmos | 0 | 0 | 1 (16.7) |
| Total No blind | 114 | 14 | 6 |
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↵Optic atrophy of unknown origin.
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HTEM = harmful traditional eye medicine.
