TABLE 58
CAUSES FOR PERMANENT BLINDNESS REGISTRATION 1976 AND 1977
TABLE 59
CAUSES OF UNILATERAL BLINDNESS 1976 AND 1977
1976
1977
Age
Cause
15 & Over
Under 15
Total (2)
15 & Over
CAUSES
1976
(%)
1977
(%)
Under 15
Total (X)
Retinal Detachment
Phthisis Bulbi (unidentified cause)
Glaucoma
198
198 ( 28.8)
107
107 (18.7)
Injuries
NA
72
( 36.0) 22
( 35,5)
29
(14.5)
9
(14.5)
37
(18.5)
7
(11.3)
Leucons (trachoma)
65
65 ( 9.5)
87
87 ( 15.2)
Cataract
16
( 8.0)
7
(11.3)
Cataract
112
1
113 (16.4)
83
3
86
( 15.0)
Leucoma
11
(5.5)
5
(8.1)
High refractive error
96
96 ( 14.0)
75
27 (13.5)
Glaucoma
9 (4.5)
(6.5)
(myopia)
Diabetic Retinopathy
3
(1.5)
2
(3.2)
Optic atrophy
31
2
33 ( 4.8)
36
36 ( 6.3)
Retinal Vascular Accidants
1
( 0.5)
2
( 3.2)
Retinitis pigmentosa
43
43 (6.3)
35
35 (6.1)
Optic Atrophy
5
(2.5)
1
( 1-6)
Diabetic Retinopathy
N
22
22
(3.2)
29
29 ( 5.1)
Neoplaam
3
(1.5)
(1.6)
Phthisis bulbi
32
32 (4.7)
26
26 ( 4.5)
(unidentified cause)
Retinal detachment
11
Senile macular
35
WE
11 (1.6)
25
25 ( 4.4)
Sentle Macular Degeneration
Dysplasia
1
1
(1.6)
1
(0.5)
1
( 1.6)
35 (5.1)
20
23 ( 4.0)
High Refractive Error
7 (3.5)
degeneration
Uveitis
€
(3.0)
Uveitis
13
4
17 (2.5)
14
14 ( 2.4)
Dysplasia
5
5
10 (1.4)
12
ོ
17 ( 3.0)
TOTAL
200
(100.0)
62 (100.0)
Retinal vascular
8 ( 1.2)
5
5 (0.9)
accidents
Injuriea
4
4 ( 0.7)
Buphthalmos
Keratitis
Total
3
3 (0.4)
1
1 (0.2)
1
1 (0.1)
671
16
687 (100.0) 561
11
572 (100.0)