Table 4

Presenting cataract blindness and cataract surgery by age, sex, literacy, and residence*

Never operated cataract blindAll cataract operatedCataract blindness burden
Examined populationNoPrevalenceNoPrevalenceNoPrevalence% surgical coverage
*Prevalence estimates are crude prevalence per 100 examined subjects.
Age (years)
    50–59268389 3.31284.81766.649.4
    60–691718128 7.524814.431018.058.7
    ≥70101015815.626226.037537.157.9
Sex
    Male242496 4.029012.031012.869.0
    Female2987279 9.334811.755118.449.4
Literacy
    Literate212263 2.9626612.525111.874.9
    Illiterate3289312 9.4937211.361018.548.9
Residence
    Urban130750 3.821116.121616.576.9
    Rural4104325 7.942710.464515.749.6
All5411375 6.963811.886115.956.5