Table 2
Cataract as a cause of childhood blindness
Study
Country
Percentage of blindness
Moriarty (1988)
16
Jamaica
39%
Pottor (1991)
17
Central African Republic
13.5%
Eckstein
et al
(1995)
18
Sri Lanka
17%
Rahi
et al
(1995)
19
India
12%
Waddell
et al
(1998)
20
Uganda
30.7%