Visual impairment and blindness by age sex and literacy based best corrected VA by age, sex, and literacy
| Normal/near (%) | Vision impaired (%) | Unilateral blind (%) | Economic blind(%) | Social blind (%) | Total (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Literacy status missing in one case. | ||||||
| Age | ||||||
| 45–49 | 1229 (97.7) | 9 (0.7) | 17 (1.4) | 3 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 1258 (100) |
| 50–60 | 1445 (96.0) | 16 (1.1) | 38 (2.5) | 2 (0.1) | 4 (0.3) | 1505 (100) |
| 61–70 | 1149 (90.8) | 34 (2.7) | 70 (5.5) | 3 (0.2) | 9 (0.7) | 1265 (100) |
| 70+ | 741 (76.1) | 76 (7.8) | 119 (12.2) | 11 (1.1) | 27 (2.8) | 974 (100) |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 2035 (90.8) | 72 (3.2) | 113 (5.0) | 7 (0.3) | 15 (0.7) | 2242 (100) |
| Female | 2529 (91.6) | 63 (2.3) | 131 (4.7) | 12 (0.4) | 25 (0.9) | 2760 (100) |
| Literacy* | ||||||
| Literate | 1173 (94.3) | 32 (2.6) | 39 (3.1) | 0 | 0 | 1244 (100) |
| Illiterate | 3390 (90.2) | 103 (2.7) | 205 (5.5) | 19 (0.5) | 40 (1.1) | 3757 (100) |
| All | 4564 (91.2) | 135 (2.7) | 244 (4.9) | 19 (0.4) | 40 (0.8) | 5002 (100) |