Cataract surgery outcomes in the four regions of Papua New Guinea
| Visual acuity | National Capital District | Highlands | Coastal | Islands | Papua New Guinea (weighted average) | ||||||
| Male (%) | Female (%) | Male (%) | Female (%) | Male (%) | Female (%) | Male (%) | Female (%) | Male (%) | Female (%) | Total (%) | |
| Cataract surgery outcomes (frequency of eyes (%) with presenting visual acuity (PVA) and best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA)) | |||||||||||
| PVA | BCVA | PVA | BCVA | PVA | BCVA | PVA | BCVA | PVA | BCVA | ||
| Can see 6/12 | 13 (37.1) | 17 (48.6) | 12 (24.5) | 15 (30.6) | 33 (44.0) | 42 (56.0) | 35 (52.2) | 38 (56.7) | 93 (36.4) | 112 (44.6) | |
| Cannot see 6/12 but can see 6/18 | 4 (11.4) | 5 (14.3) | 7 (14.3) | 10 (20.4) | 11 (14.7) | 8 (10.7) | 7 (10.4) | 13 (19.4) | 29 (13.6) | 36 (16.7) | |
| Cannot see 6/18 but can see 6/60 | 5 (14.3) | 3 (8.6) | 12 (24.5) | 7 (14.3) | 16 (21.3) | 13 (17.3) | 11 (16.4) | 4 (6.0) | 44 (21.5) | 27 (13.6) | |
| Cannot see 6/60 | 13 (37.1) | 10 (28.6) | 18 (36.7) | 17 (334.7) | 15 (20.0) | 12 (16.0) | 14 (20.9) | 12 (17.9) | 60 (28.2) | 51 (25.1) | |