TABLE 58
CAUSES FOR PERMANENT BLINDNESS REGISTRATION 1976 AND 1977
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1977
TABLE 59
CAUSES OF UNILATERAL BLINDNESS 1976 AND 1977
Age
Cause
15 & Over
Under 15
Total (*)
15 & Over
CAUSES
1976
(*) 1977
(%)
Under 15
Total (*)
Retinal Detachment
Phthisis Bulbi (unidentified cause)
29
72 (36.0) 22
(14.5)
(35.5),
9
(14.5)
Glaucoma
198
198 ( 28.8)
107
107
(18.7)
Injuries
37 (18.5)
7
(11.3)
Laucoma (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
J
96 (14,0)
75
***
( 13.5)
Glaucoma
9
( 4.5)
(6.5)
(myopia)
Optic atrophy
31
2 33 (4.8)
Retinitis pigmentosa
43
Diabetic Retinopathy
22
Phthisis bulbi
32
1
I
43 ( 6.3)
W XXX
Diabetic Retinopathy
3
(1.5)
2
(3.2)
36
36 ( 6.3)
Retinal Vascular Accidents
1
( 0.5)
2
(3.2)]
35
35 (6.1)
Optic Atrophy
5
( 2.5)
1
( 1.6)
22 ( 3.2)
29
29 ( 5.1)
Neoplasm
3
(1.5)
1
(1.6)
32 (4.7)
26
26 ( 4.5)
(unidentified cause)
Retinal detachment
11
11 ( 1,6)
25
25 ( 4.4)
Senile Macular Degeneration
Dysplasia
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1
(1.6)
1
( 0.5)
1
(1.6)
Senile macular
35
35 ( 5.1)
23
23 (4.0)
High Refractive Error
7
(3.5)
degeneration
Uveitis
6
(3.0)
Uveitis
13
F
17 ( 2.5)
14
14 ( 2.4)
Dysplasia
5
10 (1.4)
12
S
17 (3.0)
TOTAL
200 (100.0) 62 (100.0)
Retinal vascular
8
8 ( 1.2)
5
5 (0.9)
accidenta
Injuries
Buphthalmos
Keratitis
Total
1
3
AN
3 (0.4)
+
T
1
1 (0.1)
671
16
687 (100.0)
561
11
4 (0.7)
1 ( 0.2)
P
572 (100.0)