Table 5
Surgical coverage by age, sex, and literacy under two alternative assumptions regarding the degree of blindness at the time of being operated
| Preoperative blindness | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Severe | Severe and moderate | ||
| Age: | |||
| 45–49 | 71.4 (10/14) | 50.0 (10/20) | |
| 50–59 | 60.7 (17/28) | 45.0 (18/40) | |
| 60–69 | 60.7 (34/56) | 38.5 (37/96) | |
| 70+ | 53.9 (55/102) | 42.5 (59/139) | |
| Sex: | |||
| Male | 63.3 (50/79) | 44.2 (53/120) | |
| Female | 54.6 (66/121) | 40.6 (71/175) | |
| Literacy: | |||
| Literate | 63.6 (14/22) | 57.1 (16/28) | |
| Illiterate | 57.3 (102/178) | 40.5 (108/267) | |
| All | 58.0 (116/200) | 42.0 (124/295) | |
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↵Within the parenthesis, the numerator represents the estimated number of cataract operated cases meeting the preoperative blindness assumption and the denominator represents the sum of this number plus the number of unoperated, still blind, cases.
