Table 4
Avoidable causes of SVI/BL in 1131 children attending schools for the blind in China, 1998
| Avoidable causes | Rural (n=550) | Urban (n=580) | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | ||||||
| Preventable | 73 | 13.2 | 96 | 16.5 | 169 | 15.0 | |||||
| Autosomal dominant | 27 | 4.9 | 60 | 10.3 | 87 | 7.7 | |||||
| VAD/measles | 14 | 2.5 | 16 | 2.8 | 30 | 2.7 | |||||
| Trauma | 32 | 5.8 | 20 | 3.4 | 52 | 4.6 | |||||
| Treatable | 116 | 21.0 | 139 | 23.9 | 255 | 22.5 | |||||
| Cataract | 58 | 10.5 | 75 | 12.9 | 133 | 11.8 | |||||
| Glaucoma | 46 | 8.3 | 47 | 8.1 | 93 | 8.2 | |||||
| ROP | 7 | 1.3 | 15 | 2.6 | 22 | 1.9 | |||||
| Uveitis | 5 | 0.9 | 2 | 0.3 | 7 | 0.6 | |||||
| Total | 189 | 34.2 | 235 | 40.4 | 424 | 37.5 | |||||
