Table 1

Population, prevalence, and causes of vision impairment in the Pacific region countries

Country	Population (million)⁶	Rate of vision impairment (per million)^*	Main causes of vision impairment	Source of data
^*The first figure given is for the rate of blindness and the rate of low vision is indicated on the second line with “lv” beside the figure.
CDK = climatic droplet keratopathy; AMD = age related macular degeneration.
Source of data: S = survey; E = estimate; C = hospital clinic; R = register.
Eastern Asia
China	1284.48	17 000–23 400	Cataract, retina, cornea	S
		37 000 lv	Refractive error
DPR of Korea	24.03
Japan	126.71	2300	Retina, optic atrophy, cornea	S
Mongolia⁵	2.66	10 400	Cataract, glaucoma, CDK	S
		70 700 lv	Refractive error
Republic of Korea	46.84	3000	Cataract, AMD, glaucoma	E
		12 000 lv
South-eastern Asia
Brunei Darussalam	0.32
Cambodia	11.16	12 000	Cataract, glaucoma, cornea	C/E/S
		30 700 lv
Lao PDR	5.43	20 500 lv	Cataract, cornea, glaucoma	E
			Refractive error
Malaysia	22.24	2900	Cataract, retina, cornea	S
		20 400 lv	Refractive error
Philippines⁴	75.96	7000	Cataract, glaucoma, cornea	S
		10 950 lv	Refractive error
Singapore³⁰	3.56	4170	Retina, glaucoma, optic atrophy	R
			Refractive error
Vietnam	79.83	40 340	Cataract, retina, glaucoma	S
		180 860 lv	Refractive error
Oceania
Australia³¹	18.88	2700	AMD, cataract, glaucoma	S
		11 000 lv	Refractive error
New Zealand	3.86	8600 lv		E
Melanesia
Fiji	0.81	7000	Cataract, diabetic retinopathy	E
Papua New Guinea³²	4.80	5000	Cataract, trachoma, trauma, glaucoma	S
Solomon Is	0.44	8000	Cataract, trauma, keratitis	C/E
Vanuatu	0.19
Micronesia
Kiribati	0.08
Marshall Is	0.06
Micronesia	0.11
Nauru	0.01		Diabetic retinopathy, cataract	C
Palau	0.02
Polynesia
Cook Is³³	0.02	16 220	AMD, diabetic retinopathy, cataract	S
Samoa	0.18
Tonga³⁴	0.09	5600	Cataract, cornea, diabetic retinopathy	S
		18 000 lv
Tuvalu	0.01