Causes of visual impairment by age and sex
| No in group | % attributed to: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Refractive error | AMD | Cataract | Glaucoma | Diabetes | ||
| Men | ||||||
| 75–79 | 113 | 40.7 | 23.0 | 17.7 | 9.7 | 8.0 |
| 80–84 | 141 | 32.6 | 33.3 | 19.2 | 12.1 | 5.0 |
| 85–89 | 120 | 33.3 | 37.5 | 28.3 | 10.8 | 0.8 |
| 90+ | 36 | 22.2 | 55.6 | 33.3 | 2.8 | 0 |
| Women | ||||||
| 75–79 | 234 | 42.3 | 20.5 | 24.4 | 4.7 | 1.7 |
| 80–84 | 309 | 34.0 | 36.3 | 22.3 | 7.8 | 1.6 |
| 85–89 | 311 | 23.8 | 42.1 | 29.6 | 7.7 | 1.9 |
| 90+ | 162 | 19.8 | 53.7 | 24.1 | 7.4 | 0.6 |