Table 2

Pre- and postoperative visual acuity in the better eye of 6383 cataract operations performed in eye camps 1993–4

Visual acuity		Preop				Postop discharge			Postop 6 week follow up
Visual acuity		n	%			n	%		n	%
6/6–6/18	1303	20.4		2502	39.2		3228	82.6
<6/18–6/60	1312	20.6		3390	53.1		560	14.3
<6/60–3/60	1150	18.0		294	4.6		59	1.5
<3/60–NPL	2618	41.0		197	3.1		61	1.6
Total	6383	100		6383	100		3908	100