Cataract blindness burden and surgical coverage among subjects aged ≥50 years, by sex
| Cataract blindness burden | Surgical coverage | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males No (%) | Females No (%) | Males No (%, 95% CI) | Females No (%, 95% CI) | |
| *Details of education were not available for 5 males and 1 female. | ||||
| Cataract blindness burden = (never operated cataract blind + already operated presumed bilateral blind) | ||||
| Surgical coverage = (operated cataract blind/(operated + unoperated cataract blind)) | ||||
| Age (years) | ||||
| 50–59 | 111 (3.6) | 248 (6.1) | 81 (73.0, 63.7 to 81.0) | 151 (60.9, 54.5 to 67.0) |
| 60–69 | 257 (11.1) | 414 (15.3) | 186 (72.4, 66.5 to 77.7) | 266 (64.3, 59.4 to 68.9) |
| ≥70 | 367 (25.3) | 554 (34.8) | 280 (76.3, 71.6 to 80.5) | 319 (57.6, 53.3 to 61.7) |
| Literacy* | ||||
| Literate | 415 (9.5) | 245 (10.0) | 339 (81.7, 77.6 to 81.3) | 204 (83.3, 78.0 to 87.7) |
| Illiterate | 320 (12.9) | 971 (16.3) | 208 (65.0, 59.5 to 70.2) | 532 (54.8, 51.6 to 57.9) |
| Residence | ||||
| Urban | 158 (12.0) | 284 (18.2) | 135 (85.4, 79.0 to 90.5) | 214 (75.3, 69.9 to 80.2) |
| Rural | 577 (10.4) | 932 (13.6) | 412 (71.4, 67.5 to 75.1) | 522 (56.0, 52.7 to 59.2) |
| Total | 735 (10.7) | 1216 (14.5) | 547 (74.4, 71.1 to 77.5) | 736 (60.5, 57.7 to 63.3) |