Lens status of both eyes for cataract operated people by presenting visual acuity*
| Bilateral aphakic | Unilateral aphakic | Pseudophakic aphakic | Bilateral pseudophakic | Unilateral pseudophakic | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presenting vision category | No (%) | No (%) | No (%) | No (%) | No (%) | All |
| NN = normal/near normal vision, ≥6/18 in both eyes; VI = unilateral or bilateral vision impairment, ≥6/60 in the better eye and <6/18 to ≥6/60 in the worse eye; UL = unilateral blindness, ≥6/60 in the better eye and <6/60 in the worse eye; BB = bilateral blindness <6/60 in both eyes. | ||||||
| *Data are given as number (%) of people; †includes one pseudophakic person with no visual acuity measurement in either eye. | ||||||
| NN | 60 (50.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (6.7) | 80 (76.2) | 60 (22.5) | 202 (31.7) |
| VI | 20 (16.7) | 2 (1.7) | 0 (0.0) | 17 (16.2) | 57 (21.3) | 96 (15.1) |
| UL | 22 (18.3) | 66 (56.9) | 28 (93.3) | 6 (5.7) | 142 (53.2) | 264 (41.4) |
| BB | 18 (0.15) | 48 (41.3) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.9) | 8 (3.0) | 75 (11.8) |
| All | 120 (18.8) | 116 (18.2) | 30 (4.7) | 105† (16.5) | 267 (41.8) | 638† (100) |